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I know not." Then a voice from heaven cries 

 out, and says, "He lieth: therefore spread him 

 a bed of fire, and open the door toward Hell." 

 Then a devil with a hideous face looks in at him, 

 and says, " I am thy foul actions," and the 

 doomed man exclaims, "O Lord, delay the res- 

 urrection !" (Mishkat 1, 40, H67). 



When the judgment is ready, and the trumpet 

 is sounded and all mankind are gathered "like 

 scattered moths," then Gabriel stands before the 

 Bridge with his scales to weigh good and evil 

 actions. The following poetical strain from the 

 Koran, ch. 101, expresses the result: 



"Then as tor him whose scales are heavy, 



His shall be a life well-pleasing; 



And as for him whose scales are light, 



His abode shall be in the Bottomless Pit. 



And what shall teach thee what that is? 



" A raging Fire! " 



The judgment having ended, and the infidel's 

 doom having been sealed, the following com- 

 mand is given: "Take him and chain him, 

 then into Hell thrust him to be burned." (Kor. 

 63, 35). 



Lane-Poole further remarks that " the keepers 

 chain him with a chain of seventy cubits. They 

 thrust him, they drag him on the face, they 

 seize him by the forelock and feet, and force him 

 upon the fatal Bridge, over which the righteous 

 are running so lightly and easily: and down he 



