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30. A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for lo! they choose the devils for

protecting friends instead of Allah and deem that they are rightly guided.

31. O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo!

He loveth not the prodigals.

32. Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things

of His providing? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the

world. Thus do We detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge.

33. Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are within, and sin and

wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell

concerning Allah that which ye know not.

34. And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it).

35. O Children of Adam! If messengers of your own come unto you who narrate unto you My revelations, then

whosoever refraineth from evil and amendeth there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

36. But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.

37. Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their

appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say:

Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against

themselves that they were disbelievers.

38. He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a

nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last

of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith:

For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not.

39. And the first of them saith unto the last of them : Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used

to earn.

40. Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of Heaven will not be opened nor will they

enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle's eye. Thus do We requite the guilty.

41. Theirs will be a bed of Hell, and over them coverings (of Hell). Thus do We requite wrong doers.

42. But (as for) those who believe and do good works We tax not any soul beyond its scope. Such are rightful owners

of the Garden. They abide therein.

43. And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath them. And they say: The praise to

Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the

messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used

to do.

44. And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us

(to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in

between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil doers.

45. Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day.

46. Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by their marks. And they call unto the

dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter).

47. And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the

wrongdoing folk.

48. And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude

and that in which ye took your pride avail you?

49. Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the

Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve.

50. And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden; Pour on us some water or some of that where

with Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance),

51. Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world beguiled. So this day We have

forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting of this Day and as they used to deny Our tokens.

52. Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expound with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people

who believe.