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ISLAMIC
OUTREACH - Lesson
Seven
Belief in the Day of
Judgement.
First
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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
Where do you start when
setting out a beginners talk? First research subject.
Outlining by extrapolating an original idea (like prayer
lecture) if you know the subject well, or extracting from
researched material, like this one reduced down. Imagine how
the statements you make might be challenged, and try to come
up with the flaws in arguments for and against.
What is the first question
to ask about H-H-&-JD? "What are we talking
about!" The Afterlife. Unprovable, so Faith required.
Belief in God and the Afterlife not confined to muslims. Main
point of afterlife? Justice, redressing the balance.
Reward is the Garden.
Other uses of "Garden" - Garden as one of the signs
of God; Garden used as an allegory for various subjects in
stories; Adam & Eve in Garden of Eden; Garden of Paradise.
Punishment is
Gehenna, an-nar
- the Fire, al-jahim - the Burning, as-sair - raging flame,
as-saqar - scorching fire, al-hawiyah - the abyss, al-hutamah
- crushing pressure.
The physical sufferings of
hell are the concretization of the state of inner
contradiction which ensues from the denial of God. Hell is the
manifestation of that denial. The soul undergoing the
sufferings is in fact attached to them, that is, enjoys them
in a certain way, just as the cruel or self-destructive enjoy
the results of their cruelty in this life, those who are or
remain in hell do so because they cannot detach themselves
from the errors that brought them there in the first place.
There is a Hadith "He
shall make men come out of hell after they have been burned
and reduced to cinders" God can forgive any sin but one:
denial of His reality, which is most easily grasped as His
essential Unity: that nothing is absolutely real, except Him.
Day of Judgement - The
Last day, death at a set time, the questioning of Munkar and
Nakir in the grave, the punishment of the grave and its bliss,
the raising of the dead, their gathering in one place on the
Day of Rising, the Reckoning, the Bringing of Books, the
weighing of actions, the intercession, the Sirat, Kawthar, the
Garden and the Fire, that the Believers will see Him, the
Great! All these are true and correct. (Shaykh Uthman dan
Fodio)
Second
Clip
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
- Fatihah
Heaven,
Hell, and the Judgement Day - a Quranic viewpoint
Heaven?
Hell? Judgement Day? What are we talking about?
The
Afterlife. Unprovable, so Faith is required. Faith, believing in something that you cannot
prove but happens to
be true. Like we discussed when we talked about God.
Belief
in God and the Afterlife is not confined to muslims.
Why
believe in an afterlife? Because it's true. Without it the
creation would have no Justice. The Afterlife redresses the
balance.
7.8
The weighing that day is true; he whose scales are
heavy -
they are the prosperers,
7.9
and he whose scales are light - they have lost their
souls
for wronging Our signs.
99.6
Upon that day men shall issue in scatterings to see
their works,
99.7
and whoso has done an atom's weight of good shall see
it,
99.8
and whoso has done an atom's weight of evil shall see
it.
We
all have to die. Why think about it? Because our attitude to
death determines out attitude to life. We should live our
lives always remembering that the next moment might well be
our last, and making sure that our balance sheet is in credit.
Fearing death is a useful way to remind ourselves of what is
important.
50.19
And death's agony comes in truth; that is what thou
wast shunning!
50.20
And the Trumpet shall be blown; that is the Day of the
Threat.
50.21
And every soul shall come, and with it a driver and a
witness.
50.22
"Thou wast heedless of this; therefore We have now
removed
from thee thy covering, and so thy sight today is
piercing.
After
death, there are certain things that happen, which are of
course rather difficult to describe, as they can't be
experienced in this life, the life in which we use our
language. But we know that after death there's no way back.
23.99
Till, when death comes to one of them, he says,
"My Lord, return me;
23.100
haply I shall do righteousness in that
I forsook." Nay, it is but a word
he speaks; and there, behind them,
is a barrier until the day that they
shall be raised up.
There
are things that we go through in the grave, but at some point
in time we know there will be a raising of the dead, our books
will be shown to us, our actions will be weighed, the
Reckoning will be made, and we will get what we deserve. That
day is worth bearing in mind.
56.1
When the Terror descends
56.2
(and none denies its descending)
56.3
abasing, exalting,
56.4
when the earth shall be rocked
56.5
and the mountains crumbled
56.6
and become a dust scattered,
77.8
When the stars shall be extinguished,
77.9
when heaven shall be split
77.10
when the mountains shall be scattered
77.11
and when the Messengers' time is set
77.12
to what day shall they be delayed?
77.13
To the Day of Decision.
77.14
And what will teach thee what is the Day of Decision?
77.15
Woe that day unto those who cry it lies!
78.38
Upon the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in
ranks
they shall speak not, save him to whom the All-merciful
has
given leave, and who speaks aright.
78.39
That is the true day; so whosoever wills
takes unto his Lord a resort.
23.101
For when the Trumpet is blown, that day there shall be
no kinship
any more between them, neither will they question one
another.
23.102
Then he whose scales are heavy - they are the
prosperers,
23.103
and he whose scales are light - they have lost their
souls
in Gehenna dwelling forever,
So
our actions in this life can produce two results in the
Afterlife, Reward and Punishment.
57.12
Upon the day when thou seest the believers, men and
women,
their light running before them, and on their right
hands.
"Good tidings for you today! Gardens underneath
which
rivers flow, therein to dwell for ever; that is indeed
the mighty triumph."
57.13
Upon the day when the hypocrites, men and women, shall
say
to those who have believed, "Wait for us, so that
we may
borrow your light!" It shall be said, "Return
you back
behind, and seek for a light!" And a wall shall be
set up
between them, having a door in the inward whereof is
mercy, and against the outward thereof is chastisement.
88.2
Faces on that day humbled,
88.3
labouring, toilworn,
88.4
roasting at a scorching fire,
88.5
watered at a boiling fountain,
88.6
no food for them but cactus thorn
88.7
unfattening, unappeasing hunger.
88.8
Faces on that day jocund,
88.9
with their striving well-pleased,
88.10
in a sublime Garden,
88.11
hearing there no babble;
88.12
therein a running fountain,
88.13
therein uplifted couches
88.14
and goblets set forth
88.15
and cushions arrayed
88.16
and carpets outspread.
In
Qur'an the reward which we call Paradise is known as Jannat -
the Garden, and the punishment we know as Hell is Jahannum,
though unlike the Garden it is described using various names :
an-nar - the Fire, al-jahim - the Burning, as-sair - raging
flame, as-saqar - scorching fire, al-hawiyah - the abyss, al-hutamah
- crushing pressure.
The
difference in the way Qur'an treats the mercy and the
chastisement reflect certain differences in their nature.
The
one name for the Garden expresses the unifying nature of
Mercy, and the varied forms of hell the divisive nature of
Shaitan.
The
inhabitants of Paradise live there forever, and
(44.56)
They shall not taste therein of death, save the first death.
But
20.74
Whosoever comes to his Lord a sinner,
for him awaits Gehenna
wherein he shall neither die nor live.
Once
in Heaven there is no more fear of punishment, but in Hell
there is still hope for forgiveness. The Prophet said "He
shall make men come out of hell after they have been burned
and reduced to cinders" God can forgive any sin but one:
denial of His reality, which is His essential Unity: that
nothing is absolutely real, except Him.
When
describing hell, the Qur'an talks in terms of physical pain.
Now we all know that there are many forms of human suffering -
mental, emotional, and physical. We have all read of wealthy
and powerful people so miserable that they blow their brains
out. Most of us know the anguish of heartache, the death of a
loved one, or unrequited love. These things we suffer in this
life, but they are somewhat intangible, and Qur'an deals with
the pain of punishment in the most tangible forms imaginable.
The sustained physical pain of burning the largest and most
sensitive organ in the body - the skin.
The
physical sufferings of hell are the concretization of the
state of inner contradiction which ensues from the denial of
God. Hell is the manifestation of that denial. The soul
undergoing the sufferings is in fact attached to them, that
is, enjoys them in a certain way, like a drug addict is hooked
on his habit, and just as the cruel or self-destructive enjoy
the results of their cruelty in this life, those who are or
remain in hell do so because they cannot detach themselves
from the errors that brought them there in the first place.
Let
us consider how Qur'an describes the punishment
those
that follow Satan, being perverse;
15.43
Gehenna shall be their promised land
all together.
15.44
Seven gates it has, and unto each gate
a set portion
of them belongs."
25.11
Nay, but they cry lies to the Hour; and We have
prepared
for him who cries lies to the Hour a Blaze.
25.12
When it sees them
from a far place, they shall hear its bubbling and
sighing.
25.13
And when they are cast, coupled in fetters, into a
narrow place
of that Fire, they will call out there for destruction.
18.29
Say: "The truth is from your Lord; so let
whosoever will
believe, and let whosoever will disbelieve."
Surely We
have prepared for the evildoers a fire, whose pavilion
encompasses them; if they call for succour, they will
be
succoured with water like molten copper, that shall
scald their faces - how evil a potion, and how evil a
resting-place!
4.56
Surely those who disbelieve in Our signs - We
shall certainly roast them at a Fire; as often
as their skins are wholly burned, We shall
give them in exchange other skins, that they
may taste the chastisement. Surely God is
All-mighty, All-wise.
22.19
As for the unbelievers,
for them garments of fire shall be cut,
and there shall be poured over their heads
boiling water
22.20
whereby whatsoever is in their bellies
and their skins shall be melted;
22.21
for them await hooked iron rods;
22.22
as often as they desire in their anguish
to come forth from it, they shall be restored
into it, "Taste the chastisement
of the burning!"
37.62
Is that better as a hospitality,
or the Tree of Ez-Zakkoum?
37.63
We have appointed it as a trial
for the evildoers.
37.64
It is a tree that comes forth in
the root of Hell;
37.65
its spathes are as the heads of Satans,
37.66
and they eat of it, and of it fill
their bellies,
37.67
then on top of it they have a brew
of boiling water,
37.68
then their return is unto Hell.
37.69
They found their fathers erring,
37.70
and they run in their footsteps.
37.71
Before them erred most of the ancients,
37.72
and We sent among them warners;
37.73
and behold, how was the end of
them that were warned,
37.74
except for God's sincere servants.
We
are given plenty of warning, and we are all shown what pain
feels like.
32.21
And We shall surely let them taste the nearer
chastisement, before the greater; haply so
they will return.
5.89
But those who disbelieve, and cry lies
to Our signs
- they are the inhabitants of
Hell.
O.K.
Hell is for those who disbelieve - in God and the Afterlife,
and those who refuse to recognise the signs of God. The signs
named throughout the Qur'an, of which many of the most
frequently used relate to aspects of the garden of earthly
creation. The rain giving life to a dead land, and the fruit
swelling and ripening for our sustenance and pleasure.
51.20
In the earth are signs for those having sure faith;
51.21
and in your selves; what, do you not see?
51.22
And in heaven is your provision, and that you are
promised.
51.23
So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is surely true
as that you have speech.
50.7
And the earth - We stretched it forth, and cast on it
firm mountains,
and We caused to grow therein of every joyous kind
50.8
for an insight
and a reminder to every penitent servant.
50.9
And We sent down out of heaven
water blessed,
and caused to grow thereby gardens
and grain of harvest
50.10
and tall palm-trees with spathes compact,
50.11
a provision for the servants,
and thereby We revived a land that was dead.
Even so is the coming forth.
The
Garden is spoken of often in Qur'an. As well as one of the
signs of God; Gardens used as an allegory for various subjects
in stories; Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden; the Garden
of Paradise. What awaits us in the Garden, insh'allah can be
recognised in terms relevant to our present lives.
2.25
Give thou good tidings to those who believe
and do deeds of righteousness, that for them
await gardens underneath which rivers flow;
whensoever they are provided with fruits therefrom
they shall say, "This is that wherewithal
we were provided before"; that they shall be
given in perfect semblance;
4.122
But those that believe, and do deeds of righteousness,
them We shall admit to gardens underneath
which rivers flow, therein dwelling for ever and ever;
God's promise in truth; and who is truer
in speech than God?
4.123
It is not your fancies, nor the fancies
of the People of the Book. Whosoever
does evil shall be recompensed for it,
and will not find for him, apart from God,
a friend or helper.
4.124
And whosoever does deeds of righteousness,
be it male or female, believing -
they shall enter Paradise, and not be wronged
a single date-spot.
4.125
And who is there that has a fairer religion
than he who submits his will to God
being a good-doer, and who follows
the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith?
And God took Abraham for a friend.
5.122
God said,
"This is the day the
truthful shall be profited
by their truthfulness.
For them await gardens
underneath which rivers
flow, therein dwelling
forever and ever, God being
well-pleased with them and
they well-pleased with Him;
that is the mighty triumph."
18.30
Surely those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness
-
surely We leave not to waste the wage of him who does
good works;
18.31
those - theirs shall be Gardens of Eden, underneath
which
rivers flow; therein they shall be adorned with
bracelets
of gold, and they shall be robed in green garments
of silk and brocade, therein reclining upon couches -
O, how excellent a reward! And O, how fair a
resting-place!
22.23
God shall surely admit those who believe
and do righteous deeds into gardens
underneath which rivers flow; therein
they shall be adorned with bracelets of gold
and with pearls, and their apparel there
shall be of silk;
22.24
and they shall be guided unto goodly speech,
and they shall be guided unto the path
of the All-laudable.
We
are told not only the rewards of heaven, but how to get them
51.15
Surely the godfearing shall be among gardens and
fountains
51.16
taking whatsoever their Lord has given them;
they were good-doers before that.
51.17
Little of the night would they slumber,
51.18
and in the mornings they would ask for forgiveness;
51.19
and the beggar and the outcast had a share in their
wealth.
3.133
And vie with one another, hastening to forgiveness
from your lord, and to a garden whose breadth
is as the heavens and earth, prepared
for the godfearing
3.134
who expend in prosperity and adversity in
almsgiving, and restrain their rage, and pardon
the offences of their fellowmen; and God
loves the good-doers;
3.135
who, when they commit an indecency or wrong
themselves, remember God, and pray forgiveness for
their sins - and who shall forgive sins but God? -
and do not persevere in the things they did
and that wittingly.
3.136
Those - their recompense is forgivevess from
their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow,
therein dwelling forever;
and how excellent is the wage of those who labour!
3.195
And their Lord answers them: "I waste not
the labour of any that labours among you,
be you male or female - the one of you
is as the other.
4.58
God commands you to deliver trusts
back to their owners; and when you judge
between the people, that you judge with justice.
Good is the admonition God gives you; God is
All-hearing, All-seeing.
20.75
And whoso comes unto Him a believer
having done deeds of righteousness,
those - for them await the most sublime degrees;
20.76
Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow,
therein dwelling forever;
that is the recompense of the self-purified.
9.71
And the believers, the men and women, are friends
one of the other; they bid to honour, and forbid
dishonour; they perform the prayer, and pay the alms,
and they obey God and His Messenger.
Those - upon them God will have mercy; God is
All-mighty, All-wise.
9.72
God has promised the believers, men and women,
gardens underneath which rivers flow, forever
therein to dwell, and goodly dwelling-places in the
Gardens of Eden; and greater, God's good pleasure;
that is the mighty triumph.
78.31
Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security,
78.32
gardens and vineyards
78.33
and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age,
78.34
and a cup overflowing.
78.35
Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cry of lies,
78.36
for a recompense from thy Lord, a gift, a reckoning,
78.37
Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between
them is,
the All-merciful
of whom they have no power to speak.
Not
just dwelling places
25.10
Blessed be He
who, if He will, shall assign to thee
better than that - gardens underneath
which rivers flow, and he shall assign
to thee palaces.
32.19
As for those who believe, and do deeds of
righteousness, there awaits them the Gardens
of the Refuge, in hospitality for that
they were doing.
35.33
Gardens of Eden they shall enter; therein
they shall be adorned with bracelets of gold
and with pearls, and their apparel there
shall be of silk.
35.34
And they shall say, "Praise belongs to God
who has put away all sorrows from us. Surely
our Lord is All-forgiving, All-thankful,
35.35
who of His bounty has made us to dwell
in the abode of everlasting life
wherein no weariness assails us
neither fatigue."
76.11
So God has guarded them from the evil of
that day, and has procured them radiancy
and gladness,
76.12
and recompensed them for their patience
with a Garden, and silk;
76.13
therein they shall recline upon couches,
therein they shall see neither sun nor
bitter cold;
76.14
near them shall be its shades, and its clusters hung
meekly down,
76.15
and there shall be passed around them vessels of
silver, and goblets of crystal,
76.16
crystal of silver that they have measured
very exactly.
76.17
And therein they shall be given to drink a cup whose
mixture is ginger,
76.18
therein a fountain whose name is called Salsabil.
76.19
Immortal youths shall go about them;
when thou seest them, thou supposest them
scattered pearls,
76.20
when thou seest them then thou seest bliss
and a great kingdom.
76.21
Upon them shall be green garments of silk
and brocade; they are adorned with
bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall
give them to drink a pure draught.
76.22
"Behold, this is a recompense for you, and
your striving is thanked."
76.23
Surely We have sent down the Koran on thee,
a sending down;
76.24
so be thou patient under the judgement of thy Lord,
and obey not one of them, sinner or unbeliever.
76.25
And remember the Name of thy Lord
at dawn and in the evening
76.26
and part of the night; bow down before Him
and magnify Him through the long night.
Not
just material things, but mental and emotional paradise
52.22
And We shall succour them with fruits and flesh
such as they desire
52.23
while they pass therein a cup one to another
wherein is no idle talk, no cause of sin,
52.24
and there go round them youths, their own,
as if they were hidden pearls.
52.25
They advance one upon another, asking each other
questions.
52.26
They say, "We were before among our people, ever
going in fear,
52.27
and God was gracious to us, and guarded us
against the chastisement of the burning wind;
52.28
we were before ever calling upon Him; surely
He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate."
15.45
But the godfearing shall be amidst gardens
and fountains:
15.46
"Enter you them, in peace and security!"
15.47
We shall strip away all rancour that is
in their breasts;
as brothers they shall be upon couches
set face to face;
15.48
no fatigue there shall smite them, neither
shall they ever be driven forth from there.
15.49
Tell My servants
I am the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate,
15.50
and that My chastisement
is the painful chastisement.
3.198
But those who fear their Lord - for them shall be
gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein
dwelling forever - a hospitality God Himself
offers; and that which is with God is better
for the pious.
4.57
And those that believe, and do deeds of righteousness,
them We shall admit to gardens underneath
which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever and ever;
therein for them shall be spouses purified,
and We shall admit them to a shelter
of plenteous shade.
25.15
Say: "Is that better, or the Garden
of Eternity, that is promised to
the godfearing, and is their recompense
and homecoming?"
25.16
Therein they shall have what they will
dwelling forever; it is a promise
binding upon thy Lord, and of Him
to be required.
37.40
Except for God's sincere servants;
37.41
for them awaits a known provision,
37.42
fruits - and they high-honoured
37.43
in the Gardens of Bliss
37.44
upon couches, set face to face,
37.45
a cup from a spring being passed round to them,
37.46
white, a delight to the drinkers,
37.47
wherein no sickness is, neither intoxication;
37.48
and with them wide-eyed maidens
restraining their glances
37.49
as if they were hidden pearls.
37.50
They advance one upon another, asking each other
questions.
37.51
One of them says, "I had a comrade
37.52
who would say, `Are you a confirmer?
37.53
What, when we are dead and become
dust and bones, shall we indeed
be requited?'"
37.54
He says, "Are you looking down?"
37.55
Then he looks, and sees him in the midst of Hell.
37.56
He says, "By God, wellnigh thou didst destroy me;
37.57
But for my Lord's blessing, I were one of the
arraigned.
37.58
What, do we then not die
37.59
except for our first death, and are we not chastised?
37.60
This is indeed the mighty triumph,
37.61
and for the like of this let the workers work."
48.5
and that He may admit the believers,
men and women alike, into gardens
underneath which rivers flow, therein
to dwell forever, and acquit them of
their evil deeds; that is in God's sight
a mighty triumph;
48.6
and that He may chastise the hypocrites,
men and women alike, and those who think
evil thoughts of God; against them
shall be the evil turn of fortune. God
is wroth with them, and has cursed them,
and has prepared for them Gehenna -
an evil homecoming!
48.7
To God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth;
God is the All-mighty, All-wise.
48.17
There is no fault in the blind, and there is
no fault in the lame, and there is no fault
in the sick. And whosoever obeys
God and His Messenger, He will admit
him into gardens underneath which
rivers flow; but whosoever turns his
back, him He will chastise with a
painful chastisement."
57.21
Race to forgiveness from your Lord,
and a Garden the breadth whereof is
as the breadth of heaven and earth,
made ready for those who believe in
God and His Messengers. That is the
bounty of God: He gives it unto
whomsoever He will; and God is of
bounty abounding.
61.12
He will forgive you your sins and admit
you into gardens underneath which
rivers flow, and to dwelling-places
goodly in Gardens of Eden; that is
the mighty triumph;
S.55
THE ALL-MERCIFUL
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
55.1
The All-merciful
55.2
has taught the Koran.
55.3
He created man
55.4
and He has taught him the Explanation.
55.5
The sun and the moon to a reckoning,
55.6
and the stars and the trees bow themselves;
55.7
and heaven - He raised it up, and set
the Balance.
55.8
(Transgress not in the Balance,
55.9
and weigh with justice, and skimp not in the Balance.)
55.10
And earth - He set it down for all beings,
55.11
therein fruits, and palm-trees with sheaths,
55.12
and grain in the blade, and fragrant herbs.
55.13
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.14
He created man of a clay
like the potter's,
55.15
and He created the jinn
of a smokeless fire.
55.16
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.17
Lord of the Two Easts,
Lord of the Two Wests,
55.18
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.19
He let forth the two seas that meet together,
55.20
between them a barrier they do not overpass.
55.21
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.22
From them come forth the pearl and the coral.
55.23
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.24 His too are the ships that run, raised up in the
sea like landmarks.
55.25
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.26
All that dwells upon the earth is perishing,
55.27
yet still
abides the Face of thy Lord, majestic, splendid.
55.28
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.29
Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth implore Him;
every day He is upon some labour.
55.30
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.31
We shall surely attend to you at leisure,
you weight and you weight!
55.32
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.33
O tribe of jinn and men, if you are able to
pass through the confines of heaven and earth,
pass through them! You shall not pass through
except with an authority.
55.34
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.35
Against you shall be loosed
a flame of fire, and molten
brass; and you shall not be helped
55.36
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.37
And when heaven is split asunder,
and turns crimson like red leather -
55.38
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.39
on that day none shall be questioned
about his sin, neither man nor jinn.
55.40
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.41
The sinners shall be known by their mark,
and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their
feet.
55.42
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.43
This is Gehenna, that sinners cried lies to;
55.44
they shall go round between it and between
hot, boiling water.
55.45
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.46
But such as fears the Station of his Lord,
for them shall be two gardens -
55.47
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.48
abounding in branches -
55.49
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.50
therein two fountains of running water -
55.51
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.52
therein of every fruit two kinds -
55.53
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.54
reclining on couches lined with brocade,
the fruits of the gardens nigh to gather -
55.55
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.56
therein maidens restraining their glances,
untouched before them by any man or jinn -
55.57
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.58
lovely as rubies, beautiful as coral -
55.59
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.60
Shall the recompense of goodness be other than
goodness?
55.61
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.62
And besides these shall be two gardens -
55.63
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.64
green, green pastures -
55.65
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.66
therein two fountains of gushing water -
55.67
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.68
therein fruits,
and palm-trees, and pomegranates -
55.69
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.70
therein maidens good and comely -
55.71
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.72
houris, cloistered in cool pavilions -
55.73
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.74
untouched before them by any man or jinn -
55.75
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.76
reclining upon green cushions and lovely druggets -
55.77
O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny?
55.78
Blessed be the Name of thy Lord, majestic, splendid.
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