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A Road Leading From The Bank~
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You find yourself on a small road leading away from the edge
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of the River of Lost Souls. The dark waters of the River can
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be seen and heard just south of here. Looking to the east and
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west, you see only the walls of the rocky cliffs. Off to the
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north a strange path seems to lead straight into the depths of
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#1501
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A Long Road~
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You stand here in spiritual emptiness, beginning a long and dangerous
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path. Your honest submission has already been made, but the truth of your
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heart has yet to be told. Leave here now, and do not come back until
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you have grown.
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A Long Road~
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You stop for a moment, screaming in frustration. Surely it was that one
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sin that was avoidable, of all that you regret. The hitting and the hurting
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flash briefly before you. Moments later the pain passes, and the straight
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A Long Road~
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The road clears, the fog and pain of the first few steps left behind
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you. Despite the sudden clarity, your mind is still haunted, images of
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an old woman kneeling in prayer, eyes closing, smiling and crying.
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A Long Road~
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Looking ahead, you can see that the path you have been following will
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soon come to an end, but something in the cold and the breeze tells you
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that that will be only the beginning of the journey.
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A Test for the Faithful~
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It is here finally that decisions must be made. The first one that
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confronts you is simple enough, to walk in the darkness, or to walk in
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the light. Only the depths of your soul can decide, but remember this
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much: the same truth lies at the end of both paths.
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Halls of the Forgotten~
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Even the darkest have a place on the road to the truth. It is in this
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place, so empty and forgotten, that God has chosen the worst, and brought
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them close to Him for one last time.
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Shahadah~
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It was written once, on an ancient parchment in a curious and flowing
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script, that there is in fact no god but Allah, and that Muhammad was
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the last of His Prophets. With this recognition, all else became empty
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and meaningless.
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Earthly Evil~
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Whatever it carries, that rage converts into a weapon. Wrath supplies
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all with arms. When an angry man thirsts for blood anything will serve
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him for a spear. Fury turns a stick into a cudgel.
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Misguidance~
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Some have been brought here not for what they did, but what they
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failed to do. It is these, the poor souls that were presented the
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fair evidence and rejected it with an honest mind, that deserve our
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pity the most of all.
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Temptation~
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Old tales tell of a conversation between the devil and the Prophet
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Jesus: the devil offered him a kingdom, vast riches, the temptation of
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a glorious near-death saved by his angels. Even this Messenger of God
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was forced to stop and think. Imagine how hard it could be for the rest.
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Hypocrisy~
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He called the populace to strict religious purity, rigidly enforcing
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the times of prayer and the most correct forms of the words of the Muezzin.
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All of this he strengthened by his most impeccable example, shunning all
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riches and riding in tattered rags through his capital on the back of a
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donkey. Despite all this, remember. Behind closed doors, all men are
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hypocrites.
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Hate~
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There is little in life much easier, and truthfully, little that is a
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quicker ticket to damnation. You give brief thanks that you have come to
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the end of these trials, but your words are drowned out by something
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much louder, a mechanical preaching that drowns your ears in anger. You
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hear a steady, repetitive litany of the same phrase, over and over again:
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"I go the way history dictates with the blind assurance of a sleep-walker."
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Spiritual Danger~
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Some evils are tangible, solid, so evident that they spit you right in
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the face. Others are more clever, more subtle, and it is these that present
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the greatest danger. Looking down the hall before you, a great fear fills
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your heart, and a great, heavy longing.
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The Fall~
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In the beginning, he was the best, the most beautiful of all the angels,
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and God's most loved creation. Look at your own beauty, human, and do what
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he could not. Look at your beauty, and learn to kneel!
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Temptation~
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Temptation is the IF, the wondering, the second-guessing, the "I will
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be a better man... if..." And that if is usually taken, sitting alone,
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listening to that voice, calling you, offering such an easy way, but such
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a crooked one.
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The Last Day~
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The din of a great battle shakes these halls, the moans of the earth
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erupting at the shakings of the End Time. Be ready for that day, be very
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ready, for if you are not, he will claim you for one of his own.
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Flame~
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Undescribable horror and pain, a blackness drowned out only by the
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burning anguish, the inextinguishable fire coming not from some burning
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wood or molten lava but from the brightness and pain of the horrible,
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tortured souls that surround, everywhere you turn.
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Earthly Light~
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To slip into evil is easy, but walking this path is the hardest of
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all. Even the four you will find here today have strayed from the line
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at least once in their lives, and there are still some living who curse
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the very sound of their names. Despite all this, confront them now, and
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let their actions serve as your example.
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The Light of the Rashidun~
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Many believed that the Prophet would never die, but when the stark
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evidence of his body confronted them, it soon became necessary to provide
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for the future. The four that came after are called the Rashidun, the
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rightly-guided Caliphs that would spread the word and the light, and with
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it forge one of history's greatest empires.
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The Light of the Rashidun~
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The first Caliphs were chosen by consultation with a noble council
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of elders, each of whom, hoping to lead the world of Islam alone, voted
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to elect the one amongst them they thought was the weakest. Each time,
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they were wrong. Each one was more noble, more upright than the one
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The Light of the Rashidun~
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Every majestic and happy tale must end, usually all too soon, and thus
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it was with the golden age of the Caliphate. The Rashidun were pure men,
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good men, true to the path, but their followers soon began to bicker, and
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civil war was on the horizon.
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The Light of the Rashidun~
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The end of the Rashidun was the beginning of Schism. The memories
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of the Prophet and the living example of the Caliphs proved to be
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insufficient example to the faithful. Ali died, and some say that
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with him the Caliphate died too, a martyr, his blood still flowing in
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the nameless river.
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Spritual Reward~
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Behold, Allah is the Provider, the most Generous. He would not suffer
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his believers to walk the path of light without guidance. He provided the
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Prophets, may peace be upon them, and in the examples of their own growth,
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we shall find the truth of our own.
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Creation~
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In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of
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night and day, there are signs for men of sense; those that remember Allah
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say: "Lord, You have not created this in vain!"
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Revelation~
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The Angel Gabriel came to him and said: "Read!" He replied: "But I
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cannot!" The order was repeated three times, until the Angel himself
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said: "Read, in the name of your Lord who created man from clots of blood.
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Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe."
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Conversion~
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Unbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship
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what I worship. I shall never worship what you worship, nor will you
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ever worship what I worship. You have your own religion, and I have
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Deliverance~
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The balance had been made, the soul placed in readiness, and the final
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measurement taken. For those that have come this far, surely this is the
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day of immortality!
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Repentance~
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God forgives those who commit evil in ignorance, for He is all-knowing
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and wise. But He will not forgive those who do evil, and when death comes
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to them, say: "Now we repent!" For those We have prepared a woeful scourge.
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Pilgrimage~
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It is incumbent upon all Muslims to make the pilgrimage to Mecca once
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in their lifetime, if they are able, and for those unfortunate enough to
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follow the lives of the lower evils, such a pilgrimage with an open and
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contrite heart shall absolve them of all.
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Intercession~
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It is written that no one may intercede with God on behalf of another.
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No prayers from another may save the soul of a doomed man; his only hope
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is prayers of his own.
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The Upper Reaches~
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You have traveled the righteous path, and you have faced the examples
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of the true models of the Prophet. Only the final journey awaits you;
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live like this and you shall live forever.
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The Upper Reaches~
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When the records of men's deeds are laid open, and heaven is stripped
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bare; when Hell burns fiercely and Paradise is brought near: then each
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soul shall know what it has done.
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The Upper Reaches~
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You have traveled the righteous path, and your own journey has
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imitated the evolution of the most perfect soul. Only one final
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path awaits you; die as the one in the room before, and your death
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The Final Facing~
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The last of the darkness lies behind you; only the straight path
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remains. Go forth with a clean heart. Only the penitent shall find
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The Final Facing~
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The last of the darkness lies behind you; only the straight path
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remains. Go forth with a clean heart. Only the penitent shall find
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what they seek.
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The Final Facing~
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The last of the darkness lies behind you; only the straight path
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remains. Go forth with a clean heart. Only the penitent shall find
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what they seek.
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A Straight Path~
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The Compassionate, the Merciful, Sovereign of the Day of Judgment!
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You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us to
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the Straight Path, the path of those whom You have favored, not of
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those who have gone astray.
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Progression~
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Were We worn out by the First Creation? Yet they are in doubt about
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a new creation. WE created man. We know the promptings of his soul,
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and are closer to him than his jugular vein.
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Judgment~
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Undoubtedly the shortest path is the straightest one. Only one more
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step awaits before a final decision is made and a home given to you for
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all eternity.
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The Utmost Throne~
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You have come at last to the resting place of the most holy. Startling
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crystal clarity of vision has been granted to you; seven guardians rim
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the periphery of the throne and all is bathed in a warm and clean light.
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It is here that the final choice is to be made, and no defiance of yours
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can change the outcome.
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