and We restored his family to him, with many more like them: a sign of Our mercy and a lesson to all who understand

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‘Take a small bunch of grass in your hand, and strike [her] with that so as not to break your oath.’ We found him patient in adversity; an excellent servant! He, too, always turned to God

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Remember Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all men of strength and vision

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We caused them to be devoted to Us through their sincere remembrance of the Final Home

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with Us they will be among the elect, the truly good

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And remember Our servants Ishmael, Elisha, and Dhu ’l-Kifl, each of them truly good

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This is a lesson. The devout will have a good place to return to

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Gardens of lasting bliss with gates wide open

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They will be comfortably seated; they will call for abundant fruit and drink

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they will have well-matched [wives] with modest gaze

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‘This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning

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Our provision for you will never end.’

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But the evildoers will have the worst place to return to

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Hell to burn in, an evil place to stay

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all this will be theirs: let them taste it- a scalding, dark, foul fluid

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and other such torments

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[It will be said], ‘Here is another crowd of people rushing headlong to join you.’ [The response will be], ‘They are not welcome! They will burn in the Fire.’

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They will say to them, ‘You are not welcome! It was you who brought this on us, an evil place to stay,’

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adding, ‘Our Lord, give double punishment to those who brought this upon us.’

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