Qur'an

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When the sun is overturned

When the stars fall away

When the mountains are moved

When the ten-month pregnant camels are abandoned

When the beasts of the wild are herded together

When the seas are boiled over

When the souls are coupled

When the girl-child buried alive

is asked what she did to deserve to be murdered

When the pages are folded out

When the sky is flayed open

When Jahim is set ablaze

When the garden is brought near

Then a soul will know what it has prepared

I swear by the stars that slide,

stars streaming, stars that sweep along the sky

By the night as it slips away

By the morning when the fragrant air breathes

This is the word of a messenger ennobled,

empowered, ordained before the lord of the throne,

holding sway there, keeping trust

Your friend has not gone mad

He saw him on the horizon clear

He does not hoard for himself the unseen

This is not the word of a satan struck with stones

Where are you going?

This is a reminder to all beings

For those who wish to walk straight

Your only will is the will of God

lord of all beings

Sura 81, trans. Michael Sells

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