15 And they sought judgment, and every insolent opposer was disappointed: |
16 Hell is before him and he is given to drink of boiling water; |
17 He drinks it little by little and is not able to swallow it; and death comes to him from every quarter, yet he dies not. And before him is vehement chastisement. |
18 The parable of those who disbelieve in their Lord: Their works are as ashes on which the wind blows hard on a stormy day. They have no power over aught they have earned. That is straying far away. |
19 Seest thou not that Allāh created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He please, He will take you away and bring a new creation, |
20 And that is not difficult for Allāh. |
21 And they will all come forth to Allāh, then the weak will say to those who were proud: We were your followers, can you then avert from us aught of the chastisement of Allāh? They will say: If Allāh had guided us, we would have guided you. It is the same to us whether we cry or bear patiently; there is no escape for us. |
22 And the devil will say, when the matter is decided: Surely Allāh promised you a promise of truth, and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you obeyed me; so blame me not but blame yourselves. I cannot come to your help, nor can you come to my help. I deny your associating me with Allāh before. Surely for the unjust is a painful chastisement. |
23 And those who believe and do good are made to enter Gardens, wherein flow rivers, abiding therein by their Lord’s permission. Their greeting therein is, Peace! |
24 Seest thou not how Allāh sets forth a parable of a good word as a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are high, |
25 Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? And Allāh sets forth parables for men that they may be mindful. |
26 And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth’s surface; it has no stability. |