that point He will uncover His shin. He said: Those whose backs have joints will fall prostrate, while others will remain with backs like cattle’s horns, wanting to prostrate but unable to do so, although they had been called to prostrate when they were sound and healthy.

Then He will say, “Raise your heads.” He said: They will raise their heads, and He will grant them their light according to their deeds. Some will be given light like a mighty mountain, shining ahead of them; others will be given less than that. Some will be given light like a palm tree on their right, and others less than that, until the last of them is a man given light upon his big toe. It will shine at times and go out at others. When it illuminates the space of a footstep, he will walk; when it goes out, he will stand still.

He said: The Lord, blessed and exalted, will be ahead of them until He passes through the Fire, leaving a track like the edge of a sword, slippery and treacherous. He will say, “Cross,” and they will cross according to their light. Some will cross in the blink of an eye