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| 15. `Is this then magic, or do you still not see ? 16. `Burn ye therein; and whether you show patience or you show it not, it will be the same for you. You are requited only for what you used to do.' 17. Verily, the righteous will, surely, be in Gardens and in bliss, 18. Rejoicing in what their Lord will have bestowed on them; and their Lord will save them from the torment of the Fire, 19. And HE will say to them, `Eat and drink with happy enjoyment because of what you used to do.' 20. On that day they will be reclining on couches arranged in rows. And WE shall give them as companions fair maidens, having wide, beautiful eyes. 21. And those who believe and whose children follow them in faith - with them will WE join their children. And WE will not diminish anything from the reward of their works. Every man stands pledged for what he has earned. 22. And WE shall bestow upon them every kind of fruit and meat such as they will wish for. 23. There they will pass from one to another a cup wherein is neither levity nor sin. 24. And there will wait upon them youths of their own, pure as though they were pearls well preserved. 25. And they will turn one to another, asking questions. 26. They will say, `Before this, when we were among our families, we were very much afraid of ALLAH's judgment; 27. `But ALLAH has been gracious unto us and has saved us from the torment of the scorching blast; 28. `We used to pray to HIM before. Surely, HE is the Beneficent, the Merciful.' 29. So keep on admonishing. By the grace of thy Lord thou art neither a soothsayer, nor a madman. 30. Do they say `He is a poet; we are waiting for some calamity which time will bring upon him ?' 31. Say, `Await ye then, I am, too, with you among those who are waiting.' |
