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    English - Chapter 81

    Translation by A. J. Arberry

    Verse 1

    When the sun shall be darkened

    Verse 2

    when the stars shall be thrown down

    Verse 3

    when the mountains shall be set moving

    Verse 4

    when the pregnant camels shall be neglected

    Verse 5

    when the savage beasts shall be mustered

    Verse 6

    when the seas shall be set boiling

    Verse 7

    when the souls shall be coupled

    Verse 8

    when the buried infant shall be asked

    Verse 9

    for what sin she was slain

    Verse 10

    when the scrolls shall be unrolled

    Verse 11

    when heaven shall be stripped off

    Verse 12

    when Hell shall be set blazing

    Verse 13

    when Paradise shall be brought nigh

    Verse 14

    then shall a soul know what it has produced

    Verse 15

    No! I swear by the slinkers

    Verse 16

    the runners, the sinkers

    Verse 17

    by the night swarming

    Verse 18

    by the dawn sighing

    Verse 19

    truly this is the word of a noble Messenger

    Verse 20

    having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure

    Verse 21

    obeyed, moreover trusty

    Verse 22

    Your companion is not possessed

    Verse 23

    he truly saw him on the clear horizon

    Verse 24

    he is not niggardly of the Unseen

    Verse 25

    And it is not the word of an accursed Satan

    Verse 26

    where then are you going

    Verse 27

    It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings

    Verse 28

    for whosoever of you who would go straight

    Verse 29

    but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being