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]—