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                                    11  Who will offer God a your wishful thinking until God’s
                                  generous loan? He will double it will was done; then the Deceiver
                                  for him and give him a rich [Satan] misled you about God.’
                                  reward.  12  On the  Day, you  15  So this Day no ransom can be
                                  [Prophet] shall see the faithful, taken from you nor from those
                                  both men and women, with their who were bent on denying the
                                  light streaming out before them truth. Your home is the fire; that
                                  and on their right hands, [and is your companion, and a hapless
                                  you shall hear a voice saying to journey’s end.
                                  them:] ‘Glad tidings for you  16 Has the time not come for
                                  today! You shall enter gardens the faithful when their hearts in
                                  with rivers flowing through them all humility should engage in the
                                  wherein you shall forever dwell. remembrance of God and of the
                                  That is the supreme triumph.’ revelation of truth, so that they
                                  13  On that Day, the hypocrites, should not become like those
                                  both men and women, will say to who were given the Book before
                                  the faithful, ‘Wait a while for us, them, whose hearts with the
                                  so that we may have some of passage of time became hardened
                                  your light.’  They will be told, and many of whom were
                                  ‘Turn back and look for a light disobedient?  17  Remember that
                                  elsewhere.’ A wall will then be God brings the earth back to life
                                  raised between them. It will have after its death. We have made
                                  a gate on the inside of which will Our signs clear to you, so that
                                  be grace and mercy and on the you may fully understand.
                                  outside of which will be     18 Alms-givers, both men and
                                  punishment.  14  The hypocrites women, who give a generous
                                  will call out to the faithful: ‘Were loan to God, shall have it
                                  we not on your side?’ They will multiplied and shall have an
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                                  reply, ‘Yes, but you gave in to honourable reward.  Those who
                                  temptation, you wavered and believe in God and His
                                  doubted and were deceived by messengers are the truthful ones
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