When the sun shall be folded up
and when the stars shall fall
and when the mountains shall be made to pass away
and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected
and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together
and when the seas shall boil
and when the souls shall be joined again to their bodies
and when the girl who hath been buried alive shall be asked
for what crime she was put to death
and when the books shall be laid open
and when the heaven shall be removed
and when hell shall burn fiercely
and when paradise shall be brought near
Every soul shall know what it hath wrought
Verily I swear by the stars which are retrograde
which move swiftly, and which hide themselves
and by the night, when it cometh on
and by the morning, when it appeareth
that these are the words of an honourable messenger
endued with strengeth, of established dignity in the sight of the possessor of the throne
obeyed by the angels under his authority, and faithful
And your companion Mohammed is not distracted
He had already seen him in the clear horizon
And he suspected not the secrets revealed unto him
Neither are these the words of an accursed devil
Whither, therefore, are ye going
This is no other than an admonition unto all creatures
unto him among you who shall be willing to walk uprightly
But ye shall not will, unless God willeth, the Lord of all creatures