وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَکَ مَعَ الَّذِینَ یَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاوَةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ یُرِیدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلاَ تَعْدُ عَیْنَاکَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِیدُ زِینَةَ الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنْیَا وَلاَ تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِکْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَکَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُط(( 28 ))

28- AND KEEP YOURSELF PATIENT WITH THOSE WHO CALL ON THEIR LORD IN THE MORNING AND EVENING; SEEKING HIS PRESENCE, AND DO NOT TURN YOUR EYES AWAY FROM THEM IN QUEST OF THE ADORNMENT OF THE PRESENT LIFE. AND OBEY NOT HIM WHOSE HEART HAVE WE MADE NEGLIGENT OF OUR REMEMBERANCE, AND HE FOLLOWED HIS CARNAL DESIRES, AND HIS AFFAIR WAS EXTRAVAGANT.

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّکُمْ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْیُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْیَکْفُرْ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِینَ نَاراً أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِنْ یَسْتَغِیثُوا یُغَاثُوا بِمَاء کَالْمُهْلِ یَشْوِی الْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَق(( 29 ))

29- AND SAY:- THE TRUTH IS FROM YOUR LORD. SO LET HIM WHO WILL, BELIEVE IN IT, AND HIM WHO WANTS DENY IT. WH HAVE PREPARED FOR THE OPPRESSORS A FIRE, THE ENCLOSURE OF WHICH SURROUNDS THEM; AND IF THEY ENTREAT (FOR A DRINK OF WATER) THEY WILL BE SUCCOURED WITH A WATER LIKE NOLTEN METAL, WHICH WIL SCALD FACES THE WORST OF THE DRINKS, AND WHAT A BAD RESTING- PLACE.

إِنَّ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لاَ نُضِیعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَل(( 30 ))

30- AS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, WE DO NOT WASTE THE REWARD OF HIM WHOSE CONDUCT IS FAIR.

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أُوْلَئِکَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْن تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ الاَْنْهَارُ یُحَلَّوْنَ فِیهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَب وَیَلْبَسُونَ ثِیَاباً خُضْراً مِّنْ سُندُس وَإِسْتَبْرَق مُتَّکِئِینَ فِیهَا عَلَى الاَْرَائِکِ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَق(( 31 ))

31- FOR THEM IS THE GARDENS OF ETERNITY THAT STREAMS FLOW FROM BENEATH THEM. THEY ARE ADORNED IN IT WITH BRACELETS OF GOLD, AND WEAR CLOTHES OF FINE AND COARSE GREEN SILK; RECLINING THERE UPON COACHES. WHAT A GOOD REWARD, AND WHAT A NICE RESTING PLACE.