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18:28 Be patient with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face [pleasure]. Do not turn your eyes away from them, desiring the adornments of the life of this world. And do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who follows his desires and whose affairs [deeds] are at loss.

18:29 Say, “The truth is from your Lord. Whoever wills may believe, and whoever wills may disbelieve.” We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire which will encompass them like the walls. If they cry for relief, they will be relieved with water like boiling oil that will scald the faces. What a terrible drink, and what a terrible resting place!

18:30 Those who believe and do righteous deeds, We will not let the reward of those who do good deeds to go to waste.

18:31 It is they who will have Gardens of Eternity, under which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with golden bracelets and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining on adorned couches. What an excellent reward, and what a pleasant resting place!

18:32 Give them an example of two men[1]: to one of them We gave two gardens of grapevines and surrounded them with palm trees, and placed between them crops[2].

18:33 Each garden yielded its produce and did not fall short in the least, and We caused a stream to flow through them.

18:34 And he had abundant fruit. He said to his companion, as he was conversing with him, “I am greater than you in wealth and superior in followers.”