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is that which will bring you to a near approach to us, save him who believes and does right; these, for them is a double reward for what they have done, and they in upper rooms 1 shall be secure.'
And those who strive concerning our signs to frustrate them, these in the torment shall be arraigned. Verily, my Lord extends provision to whomsoever He will of His servants, or doles it out to him. And what ye expend in alms at all, He will repay it; for He is the best of providers.
And on the day He will gather them all together, then He will sayo to the angels, 'Are these those who used to worship you?'
[40] They shall say, 'Celebrated be thy praises ! thou art our patron instead of them. Nay, they used to worship the ginns, most of them believe in them? But to-day they cannot control for each other, either profit or harm;' and we will say to those who have done wrong, 'Taste ye the torment of the fire wherein ye did disbelieve!'
And when our signs are recited to them they say, This is only a man who wishes to turn you from what your fathers served ;' and they say, 'This is only a lie forged,' and those who misbelieve will say of the truth when it comes to them, 'It is only obvious sorcery!'
But we have not brought them any book which they may study, and we have not sent to them before thee a warner.
Those before them said it was a lie, and these 3 have not reached a tithe of what we had given them.
1 In Paradise.
2 See Part I, p. 127, note 2. 3 That is, the Meccans.
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