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BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

They will hear no prattling in it
nor any word of wrong.
All that is said is, "Peace! Peace!"
And the Companions of the Right:
what of the Companions of the Right?
Amid thornless lote-trees
and fruit-laden acacias
and wide-spreading shade
and outpouring water
and fruits in abundance
never failing, unrestricted.
And on elevated couches
We have brought maidens into being
and made them purest virgins,
devoted, passionate, of like age,

for the Companions of the Right.
A large group of the earlier people
and a large group of the later ones. (Sura al-Waqi'a: 11-
40)
While Allah gives to believers the good news of paradise,
a place of bliss and salvation, with its bounteous blessings,
He also lets the unbelievers know that they will be sent to
hell. In the Qur'an Allah informs us of hell, a place of severe
torment:

And the Companions of the Left: what of the
Companions of the Left? Amid searing blasts and
scalding water and the murk of thick black smoke,
providing no coolness and no pleasure. Before that they

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