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                                  Gardens of Eden, along with the remembrance of God hearts can
                                  righteous from among their find comfort.  29  ‘As for those
                                  fathers, wives and descendants. who believe and do righteous
                                  From every gate the angels will deeds—blissful is their end.’
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                                  come to them, saying,  ‘Peace  30 Thus We have sent you to a
                                  be upon you for all that you have people, before whom other
                                  steadfastly endured. How peoples have passed away, so
                                  excellent is the final abode!’  that you may recite to them what
                                    25 As for those who break the We have revealed to you. Yet
                                  covenant of God, after having they deny the Gracious God.
                                  confirmed  it, who cut asunder Say, ‘He is my Lord; there is no
                                  what God has commanded to be god but He. In Him I put my trust
                                  joined and spread corruption in and to Him I shall return.’
                                  the land, a curse shall be laid on  31 Even if there were a Quran
                                  them; they shall have an evil by which mountains could be set
                                  abode.  26  God gives abundantly in motion, by which the earth
                                  to whom He will and sparingly could be rent asunder, or by
                                  to whom He pleases—[those who which the dead could be made to
                                  deny the truth] rejoice in the life speak [they would not believe in
                                  of this world; yet the life of this it]. Surely all things are subject
                                  world is but a fleeting pleasure to God’s will. Are the faithful
                                  compared with the life to come. unaware that, had He pleased,
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                                      Those who deny the truth God could have guided all
                                  ask, ‘Why has no Sign been sent mankind? Calamity shall not
                                  down to him by his Lord?’ Say, cease to strike those who deny
                                  ‘God lets go astray those whom the truth because of their
                                  He wills and guides to Himself misdeeds or to strike near their
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                                  those who turn to Him,  those homes, until God’s promise be
                                  who believe and whose hearts fulfilled. God will not fail to
                                  find comfort in the remembrance keep His promise.  32  Other
                                  of   God—surely   in   the messengers were also mocked
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