The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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fill Hell with jinn and men together.” 14 So since you ignored the
meeting on this Day of yours, now We shall ignore you: taste the
lasting suffering for all you have done.’
15 The only people who truly believe in Our messages are those
who, when they are reminded of them, bow down in worship, celebrate
their Lord’s praises, and do not think themselves above this.
16 Their sides shun their beds in order to pray to their Lord in fear
and hope; they give to others some of what We have given them.
17 No soul knows what joy is kept hidden in store for them as a
reward for what they have done. 18 So, is someone who believes equal
to someone who defies God? No, they are not equal. 19 Those who
believe and do good deeds will have Gardens awaiting them as their
home and as a reward for what they have done. 20 As for those who
defy God, their home will be the Fire. Whenever they try to escape
it, they will be driven back into it, and they will be told, ‘Taste the
torment of the Fire, which you persistently denied.’ 21 We shall certainly
make them taste a nearer torment [in this life] prior to the
greater torment, so that perhaps they may return [to the right path].
22 Who does more wrong than someone who, when messages from his
Lord are recited to him, turns away from them? We shall inflict
retribution on the guilty.
23 We gave Moses the Scripture – so [Muhammad] do not doubt
that you are receiving it – and We made it a guide for the Children of
Israel. 24 When they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our
messages, We raised leaders among them, guiding them according to
Our command. 25 [Prophet], it is your Lord who will judge between
them on the Day of Resurrection concerning their differences.
26 Is it not a lesson for them [to see] how many generations We
destroyed before them, in whose homes they now walk? There truly
are signs in this – do they not hear? 27 Do they not consider how We
drive rain to the barren land, and with it produce vegetation from
which their cattle and they themselves eat? Do they not see? 28 And
they say, ‘When will this Decision be, if you are telling the truth?’
29 Say, ‘On the Day of Decision it will be no use for the disbelievers
to believe; they will be granted no respite.’ 30 So [Prophet], turn away
from them and wait: they too are waiting.