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Look to one side and the other: Here is delight and rest, and over there are fire and torments.' He will say these things to them on the Judgment Day,
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a day that has no sun or moon or stars,
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no cloud or thunder or lightning, no wind or water or air, no darkness or evening or morning,
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no summer or spring or heat, no winter or frost or cold, no hail or rain or dew,
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no noon or night or early dawn, no shining or brightness or light, but only the splendor of the light of the Most High. All will then begin to see what things are in store for them.
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It will take a period of about a week of years.
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This is my judgment and the arrangements made for it. I have shown this to you alone."
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I replied: "I said before, Lord, and I say now: Privileged are those now living who observe what you have commanded.
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But what of those who were the subject of my prayer? Who is there of all the living who hasn't sinned, or who among those who have been born hasn't transgressed your covenant?
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Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few but torment to many.
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The inclination to do evil grew in us. It alienated us and led us into corruption and the paths that lead to death. It showed us the way to damnation and removed us far from life—and this happened not to a few people but to nearly all who were created."