A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
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A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
Middle Ages -- Sources
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds,
The Compassionate, the Merciful,
The King of the day of judgment.
Thee do we worship, and of Thee seek we help.
Guide us in the right way,
The way of those to whom Thou hast been gracious,
Not of those with whom Thou art wroth, nor of the erring.[104]
Say, He is God, One [God];
God, the Eternal.
He begetteth not nor is begotten,
And there is none equal unto Him.[105]
[Sidenote: The "throne verse"]
God! There is no God but He, the _Ever_-living, the
Ever-Subsisting. Slumber seizeth Him not, nor sleep. To Him
belongeth whatsoever is in the Heavens and whatsoever is in the
Earth. Who is he that shall intercede with Him, unless by His
permission? He knoweth what [hath been] before them and what [shall
be] after them, and they shall not compass aught of His knowledge
save what He willeth. His Throne comprehendeth the Heavens and the
Earth, and the care of them burdeneth Him not. And He is the High,
The Great.[106]
[Sidenote: The day of resurrection]
When the earth is shaken with her shaking,
And the earth hath cast forth her dead,
And man shall say, 'What aileth her?'
On that day shall she tell out her tidings,
Because thy Lord hath inspired her,
On that day shall men come one by one to behold their works,
And whosoever shall have wrought an ant's weight of good shall
behold it,
And whosoever shall have wrought an ant's weight of ill shall
behold it.
[Sidenote: The coming judgment]
When the heaven shall be cloven asunder,
And when the stars shall be scattered,
And when the seas shall be let loose,
And when the graves shall be turned upside-down,[107]
_Every_ soul shall know what it hath done and left undone.
O man! what hath seduced thee from thy generous Lord,
Who created thee and fashioned thee and disposed thee aright?
In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee.
Nay, but ye treat the Judgment as a lie.
Verily there are watchers over you,
Worthy recorders,
Knowing what ye do.
Verily in delight shall the righteous dwell;
And verily the wicked in Hell [-Fire];
They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,
And they shall not be hidden from it.
And what shall teach thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again: What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?
_It is_ a day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul;
and all on that day shall be in the hands of God.
[Sidenote: The reward of the righteous]
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