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When the sun will cease to shine;
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when the stars will loose their luster;
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when the mountains will be blown away;
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when the ten-month pregnant she-camels will be left unattended;
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when the wild beasts will be brought together;
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when the oceans will be set ablaze;
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when the souls will be reunited with the bodies;
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when the infant girls buried alive (here reference is made to the Pre-Islamic Arab custom of burying new born girls alive) will be questioned
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for what sin she was killed;
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when the record will be laid open;
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when the heaven will be stripped bare;
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when hell will be set to blaze,
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and when the paradise will be brought near:
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then each soul shall know what it has bought with it.
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But no! I swear by the retreating stars;
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that run their course and hide;
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by the night as it dissipates;
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by the morning when it breaths again:
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surely this word (The Qur'an) is brought by a noble Messenger (Gabriel),
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possessor of mighty power, having very high rank with the Owner of the Throne (Allah),
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who is obeyed in heaven, and is trustworthy.
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O people of Makkah! Your companion has not gone mad;
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he (Muhammad) indeed saw him (Gabriel) in the clear horizon
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and he is not stingy to withhold the knowledge of the unseen.
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This (Qur'an) is not the word of an accursed Shaitan.
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Where then are you going?
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This is but a Message to all the people of the world,
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to each one who wishes to follow the Right Way.
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Yet your wishes are of no avail unless Allah, the Rabb of the worlds, pleases so.