who used to ask ˹me˺, ‘Do you actually believe ˹in resurrection˺?
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When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be brought to judgment?’”
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He will ˹then˺ ask, “Would you care to see ˹his fate˺?”
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Then he ˹and the others˺ will look and spot him in the midst of the Hellfire.
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He will ˹then˺ say, “By Allah! You nearly ruined me.
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Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I ˹too˺ would have certainly been among those brought ˹to Hell˺.”
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˹Then he will ask his fellow believers,˺ “Can you imagine that we will never die,
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except our first death, nor be punished ˹like the others˺?”
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This is truly the ultimate triumph.
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For such ˹honour˺ all should strive.
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Is this ˹bliss˺ a better accommodation or the tree of Zaqqûm?1
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We have surely made it a test for the wrongdoers.
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Indeed, it is a tree that grows in the depths of Hell,
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bearing fruit like devils’ heads.
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The evildoers will certainly ˹be left to˺ eat from it, filling up their bellies with it.
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Then on top of that they will be given a blend of boiling drink.
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Then they will ultimately return to ˹their place in˺ Hell.
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Indeed, they found their forefathers astray,
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so they rushed in their footsteps!
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And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,
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although We had certainly sent warners among them.
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See then what was the end of those who had been warned.
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But not the chosen servants of Allah.
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Indeed, Noah cried out to Us, and how excellent are We in responding!
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We delivered him and his family1 from the great distress,
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