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nor shall they grieve. But those know it’— then the preceding
who deny and scorn Our one will say to the succeeding
revelations shall be the inmates one, ‘You are no better than us:
of Hell, where they shall remain so taste the punishment you have
forever. 37 Who does a greater earned.’
wrong than he who invents lies 40 The gates of Heaven shall
against God or rejects His not be opened for those who
revelations? Such people will rejected Our signs and arrogantly
have what has been decreed for spurned them; nor shall they
them. And when Our messengers enter Paradise until a camel shall
come to them to take away their pass through the eye of a needle.
souls, they shall ask them, That is how We repay the evil-
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‘Where are those you used to doers— Hell shall be their bed,
call upon besides God?’ They and over them will be coverings
will answer, ‘They have deserted of fire—thus shall We reward
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us;’ and they will bear witness the wrongdoers. But those who
against themselves that they were believed and did good deeds—
disbelievers? and We do not burden any soul
38 God will say, ‘Enter the Fire with more than it can bear—
and join the bands of jinn and such are the heirs of the Garden
men that have gone before you.’ and there they will remain
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Every time a host enters [the forever. And We shall remove
fire], it will curse its fellow- whatever rancour may be in their
host, then, when they are all hearts. At their feet shall flow
gathered there, the last of them rivers. And they shall say, ‘All
will say of the first, ‘Our Lord, it praise belongs to God who has
was they who led us astray: give guided us to this. Had God not
them double punishment in the guided us, we would never have
Fire,’—God will say, ‘Every one found the way. The messengers
of you will have double of our Lord brought the Truth.’ A
punishment, though you do not voice will call out to them, ‘This