XL. When the sun shall be wrapped up, And when the stars shall fall down, And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, And when the camels ten months gone with young[112] shall be neglected, And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together, And when the seas shall overflow,[113] And when the souls shall be joined _to their bodies_, And when the child[114] that hath been buried alive shall be asked For what crime she was put to death, And when the books[115] shall be laid open, And when the heaven shall be removed,[116] And when Hell shall be made to burn, And when Paradise shall be brought near,— _Then every_ soul shall know what it hath done. (lxxxi. 1-14.) XLI. Hath the news of the Overwhelming reached thee? Countenances on that day [shall be] abased, Labouring, toiling: They shall feel the heat of scorching fire, They shall be given to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling, There shall be no food for them but of daree’,[117]— It shall not fatten nor satisfy hunger. (lxxxviii. 1-7.) XLII. When one blast shall be blown on the trumpet, And the earth shall be raised and the mountains, and be broken to dust with one breaking, On that day the Calamity shall come to pass: And the heaven shall cleave asunder, being frail on that day, And the angels on the sides thereof; and over them on that day eight _of the angels_[118] shall bear the throne of thy Lord. On that day ye shall be presented _for the reckoning_; none of your secrets shall be hidden. And as to him who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, he shall say,[119] ‘Take ye, read my book; Verily I was sure I should come to my reckoning. And his [shall be] a pleasant life In a lofty garden, Whose clusters [shall be] near at hand. [120]‘Eat ye and drink with benefit on account of that which ye paid beforehand in the past days.’ But as to him who shall have his book given to him in his left hand, he shall say, ‘O would that I had not had my book given to me, Nor known what [was] my reckoning! O would that _my death_ had been the ending _of me_! My wealth hath not profited me! My power is passed away from me!’ ‘[121]Take him and chain him, Then cast him into hell to be burnt, Then in a chain of seventy cubits bind him: For he believed not in God, the Great, Nor urged to feed the poor; Therefore he shall not have here this day a friend, Nor any food save filth Which none but the sinners shall eat.’ (lxix. 13-37.) XLIII.