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as carefully protected eggs.
They will put questions to each other. One of themwill say: 'I
had a friend who used to ask: "Do you really believe? When we are
dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we be brought to
judgement?"'And he will (continue to) say: 'Come, let us look down.'
He will look down and see his friend in the midst of Hell. 'By the
Lord,' he will say to him, 'you almost ruined me! But for the grace of
Allah I should have surely been brought up (to eternal torment). Shall
we not die except our first death, and shall we not be punished at all?'
Surely that is the supreme triumph. For the like let those who work
strive.
Is this a better welcome or the Zaqqum-tree? We have made this
tree a trial for the wrongdoers. It is a tree which grows in the
nethermost part of Hell, bearing fruit like devils' heads: on it they shall
feed, and with it they shall fill their bellies. On top of that they shall
have draughts of scaldingwater. Then toHell they shall return.
They found their fathers erring, yet they eagerly followed in their
footsteps. Most of the ancients had gone astray before them, though
We had sent apostles to give them warning. Consider the fate of those
whom We have warned: they perished all, except Allah's true
servants.
Nuh prayed to Us, and his prayers were graciously answered. We
delivered him and all his people from the mighty scourge, so that his
descendants were the sole survivors. We bestowed on him the praise
of later generations: 'Peace be onNuh among all men! '
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