THE LOST LEMURIA
1 Hast thou not seen how thy
Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant ?
2 Did He not bring their stratagem
to naught,
3 And send against them swarms
of flying creatures,
4 Which pelted them with stones
of baked clay,
5 And made them like green crops
devoured (by cattle) ?
1 Woe unto every slandering
traducer,
2 Who hath gathered wealth (of
this world) and arranged it.
3 He thinketh that his wealth
will render him immortal.
4 Nay, but verily he will be
flung to the Consuming One.
5 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Consuming One is!
6 (It is) the fire of Allah,
kindled,
7 Which leapeth up over the
hearts (of men).
8 Lo! it is closed in on them
9 In outstretched columns.
1 Rivalry in worldly increase
distracteth you
2 Until ye come to the graves.
3 Nay, but ye will come to know!
4 Nay, but ye will come to know!
5 Nay, would that ye knew (now)
with a sure knowledge!
6 For ye will behold hell-fire.
7 Aye, ye will behold it with
sure vision.
8 Then, on that day, ye will
be asked concerning pleasure.
1 The Calamity!
2 What is the Calamity ?
3 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Calamity is!
4 A day wherein mankind will
be as thickly-scattered moths
5 And the mountains will become
as carded wool.
6 Then, as for him whose scales
are heavy (with good works),
7 He will live a pleasant life.
8 But as for him whose scales
are light,
9 A bereft and Hungry One will
be his mother,
10 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what she is! -
11 Raging Fire.
1 By the snorting courses,
2 Striking sparks of fire
3 And scouring to the raid at
dawn,
4 Then, therewith, with their
trail of dust,
5 Cleaving, as one, the centre
(of the foe),
6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto
his Lord
7 And lo! he is a witness unto
that;
8 And lo! in the love of wealth
he is violent.
9 Knoweth he not that, when
the contents of the graves are poured forth
10 And the secrets of the breasts
are made known,
11 On that day will their Lord
be perfectly informed concerning them.
1 When Earth is shaken with
her (final) earthquake
2 And Earth yieldeth up her
burdens,
3 And man saith: What aileth
her ?
4 That day she will relate her
chronicles,
5 Because thy Lord inspireth
her.
6 That day mankind will issue
forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
7 And whoso doeth good an atom's
weight will see it then,
8 And whoso doeth ill an atom's
weight will see it then.
