and do good works, they shall be admitted to gardens watered by
running streams, in which, by their Lord's leave, they shall abide for
ever. Their greeting shall be: 'Peace! '
Do you not see howAllah sets forth a parable that the good work is
like a good tree whose root is firm and its branches are in the sky,
yielding its fruit every season byAllah's leave?Allah gives parables to
men so that they become mindful. And the parable of an evil word is
like an evil tree torn out of the earth and has no stability.
Allah will strengthen the faithful with (His) steadfast Word, both in
this life and the Hereafter. He leaves the wrongdoers in error. Allah
accomplishes what He pleases.
Have you not seen those who change thanks to Allah's grace into
disbelief and drive their people into the House of Perdition? They shall
burn inHell; evil shall be their fate.
They set up equals withAllah to lead others astray. Say to them: 'Take
your pleasure: you are surely destined for Hell.'
Tell My servants, those who are true believers, to be steadfast in
prayer and spend of what We have given them in private and in public,
before the coming of that day in which there is neither trading nor
friendship.
It isAllah who made the heavens and the earth, and sends down water
from the sky with which He brings forth fruits for your sustenance. He
drives the ships which, by His leave, sail the ocean in your service. He
has created rivers for your benefit, and the sun and the moon, which
steadfastly pursue their courses. And He has subdued to you the night
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ABRAHAM
THE QURAN