Story Behind the Song
This song was inspired by my conversion to Islam, and the text is taken directly from the Qur'an (Koran, whatever).
Lyrics
In the name of God, most benevolent, ever merciful
When the sun is folded up,
The stars turn dim and scatter,
The mountains made to move,
The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned,
The wild beasts stampede on the run.
When the oceans surge and swell,
and souls are reunited,
and the little girl buried alive is asked
for what crime she was put to death.
When ledgers are laid open,
When the curtain draws back from the skies,
When hell is set ablaze
and Paradise brought near,
Every soul will know what it hath prepared.
So I call the receding stars to witness
The planets withdrawing into themselves.
The closing night, the rising dawn.
That this is indeed the word of an honored messenger.
Full of power and well-established with the lord of the throne,
Obeyed and worthy there of trust.
Your companion is not mad.
He had surely seen him on the clear horizon.
He is not chary of making public what is unknown.
This is not the utterance of an accursed devil,
so whither do you stray?
This is a reminder for all those peoples of the world
For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight
That you cannot desire except as God will,
the Lord of all the Worlds.
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