And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life.
The dead were judged according to what they had done
as recorded in the books.
The sea gave up the dead that were in it,
and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them,
and each person was judged according to what he had done.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
The lake of fire is the second death.
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire.
...
He who was seated on the throne said,
"I am making everything new!"
Then he said, "Write this down,
for these words are trustworthy and true."
He said to me: "It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost
from the spring of the water of life.
He who overcomes will inherit all this,
and I will be his God and he will be my son.
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers,
the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and all liars---their place will be in
the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death.
The Holy Bible, Revelation 20:12-15, 21:5-8
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And the Earth is moved, and its mountains,
and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,---
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass,
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day,
bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
That Day you shall be brought to Judgment:
not an act of yours that you hide will be hidden.
[...]
(The stern command will say):
"You seize him, and you bind him,
"And you burn him in the Blazing Fire.
"Further, make him march in a chain,
whereof the length is seventy cubits!
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
"So no friend he has here this Day.
"Nor has he any food except the corruption
from the washing of wounds,
"Which none do eat but those in sin.
The Holy Qur'an, The Sure Reality (Surah 69): 13-18, 30-37
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