َبَرَزُوا للهِِ جَمِیعاً فَقَالَ الضُّعَفَاؤُا لِلَّذِینَ اسْتَکْبَرُوا إِنَّا کُنَّا لَکُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ مِنْ شَیْء قَالُوا لَوْ هَدَانَا اللهُ لَهَدَیْنَاکُمْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَیْنَا أَجَزِعْنَا أَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِنْ مَّحِیص(( 21 ))

21- AND THEY ALL APPEAR BEFORE ALLAH: THEN THE WEAKS

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WILL SAY TO THE PROUD; ``WE WERE YOUR FOLLOWER. CAN YOU NOW AVAIL US ANYTHING AGAINST THE PUNISHMENT OF ALLAH?'' THEY SAY:ِ ``IF ALLAH HAD GUIDED US, WE TOO WOULD HAVE GUIDED YOU. NOW WHETHER WE BE IMPATIENT OR KEEP QUIET, IS ALIKE; WE HAVE NO WAY TO RESCUE.''

وَقَالَ الشَّیْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِىَ الاَْمْرُ إِنَّ اللهَ وَعَدَکُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدْتُّکُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُکُمْ وَمَا کَانَ لِیَ عَلَیْکُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَان إِلاَّ أَنْ دَعَوْتُکُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِی فَلاَ تَلُومُونِی وَلُومُوا أَنْفُسَکُمْ مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِکُمْ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِىَّ إِنِّی کَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَکْتُمُونِ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِینَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِیمٌ (( 22 ))

22- WHEN THE MATTER IS JUDGED, (AND THE DECREE IS ISSUED) SATAN WILL SAY:ِ ``ALLAH PROMISED YOU A PROMISE OF TRUTH AND I PROMISED YOU TOO, BUT I FAILED YOU MY PROMISE; AND I HAD NO AUTHORITY (POWER) OVER YOU. I ONLY CALLED YOU AND YOU ANSWERED ME. SO DO NOT BLAME ME, AND BLAME YOURSELVES. I AM NOT YOUR RESCUER AND NEITHER YOU ARE MY RESCUER. I HAVE DISBELIEVED IN YOUR ASSOCIATING ME WITH ALLAH FROM BEFORE.'' VERILY FOR THE OPPRESSORS THERE IS A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.

وَأُدْخِلَ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّات تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الاَْنْهَارُ خَالِدِینَ فِیهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ تَحِیَّتُهُمْ فِیهَا سَلاَمٌ (( 23 ))

23- AND THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WILL BE ADMITTED TO GARDENS (OF BLISS) BENEATH WHICH STREAMS FLOW; THEREIN THEY DWELL WITH THE PERMISSION OF THEIR LORD. THEIR SALUTATION IN THERE IS, ``PEACE=SALÄM.''