CHAPTER 81.  THE FOLDING UP                                                    SECTION 1.  PART XXX 

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  WHEN THE SUN IS FOLDED UP AND ITS LIGHT IS LOST

2  WHEN THE STARS FALL AND THEIR LUSTER IS LOST

3  WHEN THE MOUNTAINS ARE MADE TO VANISH

4  AND THE PREGNANT CAMELS ARE ABANDONED TO PERISH

5  WHEN THE WILD BEASTS ARE HERDED TOGETHER

6  WHEN THE OCEANS WITH A SWELL WILL BOIL OVER

7  WHEN THE SOULS ARE SORTED OUT

8  WHEN THE FEMALE INFANT BURIED ALIVE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT

9  FOR WHAT CRIME WAS SHE KILLED

10  WHEN THE SCROLLS ARE REVEALED

11  WHEN THE WORLD ON HIGH IS UNVEILED

12  WHEN HELL WILL BE KINDLED TO A BLAZING FIRE

13  AND WHEN THE GARDEN IS BROUGHT NEAR

14  EVERY SOUL WILL KNOW WHAT IT HAS PREPARED

15  I CALL TO WITNESS THE STARS

16  AS THEY HIDE OR GO STRAIGHT

17  AND THE NIGHT AS IT DISSIPATES

18  AND THE DAWN AS IT BREAKS

19  SURELY THIS IS THE WORD OF AN HONORABLE MESSENGER

20  HIGH IN RANK WITH GOD, THE OWNER OF POWER

21  WITH AUTHORITY
AND TRUSTWORTHY

22  AND YOUR COMPANION 
IS NOT A POSSESSED ONE

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CHAPTER 81.  THE FOLDING UP                                  SECTION 1(CONT'D).  PART XXX 

23  WITHOUT DOUBT HE SAW HIM IN THE CLEAR HORIZON

24  NEITHER DOES HE 
WITHHOLD KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN GRUDGINGLY

25  NOR IS IT
THE WORD OF AN EVIL SPIRIT

26  THEN WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO?

27  THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A REMINDER TO YOU

28  TO WHOEVER WILLS TO GO STRAIGHT AMONG YOU

29  BUT YOU WILL NOT EXCEPT AS GOD DECREES
THE LORD AND CHERISHER OF THE WORLDS IS HE

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