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shame shall this day fall on the unbelieving people.'
Those whom the angels will cause to die steeped in sin will offer
submission, saying: 'We have done no wrong!' Surely Allah knows
what you have done. Enter the gates of Hell to be in it for ever. Dismal
is the abode of the proud.
(When) it is said to those who guard against evil: 'What has your Lord
revealed?' they will reply: 'That which is best.' Good is the reward of
those that do good works in this present life: but far better is the reward
of the life to come. Blessed is the dwelling-place of the righteous. They
shall enter the Gardens of Eden. Rivers shall roll at their feet, and they
shall have there all they desire. Thus shall the righteous be rewarded.
The angels will say to those whom they cause to die in purity: 'Peace
be on you. Come into Paradise for what you did.'
Are they waiting for the angels to come down or for the fulfillment of
your Lord's judgement? Thus did those who have gone before them.
Allah did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves: the evil
which they did recoiled upon them, and the scourge at which they
scoffed encompassed them.
Those who associate other gods with Allah say: 'Had Allah pleased,
neither we nor our fathers would have served other gods besides Him;
nor would we have forbidden anything without His sanction.' Thus
also did those before them. Yet what should apostles do but give plain
warning?
We raised an apostle in every nation, saying: 'Serve Allah and avoid
the idols.' Amongst them were some whom Allah guided, and others
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