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—from Chapter XCIX, Q'uran, as translated by George Sale, 1734, with added commentary by scholars Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari, fl. 1074-1143, Abdallah ibn Omar al-Baidawi, d. 1286, and Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 1872-1953.
Earth! Earthquake!
Shaken by an earthquake, the earth shall cast forth her burden.
Her skin shall be stretched smooth. Not only shall man's buildings fall
but her mountains shall be leveled, her hills absorbed, her ancient valleys and fjords erased
(like wrinkles on a forehead where the mind has forgotten time).
Earth!
The heavens shall melt and the sun be darkened.
The stars shall fall because the angels who held them suspended between earth and sky
are gone forward.
Earth's seas shall abound, endless and uniform, without shores, then burst into flames!
Earth!
Earth!
Earth!
Earth!
Earth!
Earth! Earthquake!
In horror men shall ask, "What aileth her?" expecting no reply.
But the earth shall be enabled, miraculously enabled, to speak:
"O man so shall thou meet thy labor and thy Lord whether thy works be good or evil."
Note: this recording was created at Wingbeats Studio, Cape Cod, in Dolby Atmos. This is a stereo mix. A binaural mix for headphones is available at Kitbraz – Earthquake-binaural-mixlisten-with-headphones. Atmos immersive audio available upon request.
Image: Anchorage, Alaska, after the earthquake of 1964.
NOAA Central Library (Image ID: theb0963, NOAA's Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection)
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