The day ye shall see the faithful, men and women, their light running in front and on their right hand--“Glad tidings for you this day!--gardens whereunder rivers flow, to abide therein for ever:” that is the great prize! The day when the hypocrites, men and women, will say to those who believe, “Stay for us, that we may kindle our light from yours.” It shall be said, “Go back and find a light.” And there shall be set up between them a wall, with a gate in it; and inside, within it, shall be Mercy, and outside, in front of it, Torment! They shall cry out, “Were we not with you?” The others shall say, “Yea! but ye fell into temptation, and waited, and doubted, and your desires deceived you, till the behest of God came,--and the arch-tempter beguiled you from God.” And on that day no ransom shall be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved--your goal is the Fire, which is your master; and evil is the journey thereto. Hath not the Hour come to those who believe, to humble their hearts to the warning of God and the truth which He hath sent down? and that they may not be like those who received the Scripture aforetime, whose lives were prolonged, but their hearts were hardened, and many of them were disobedient. Know that God quickeneth the earth after its death: now have we made clear to you the signs,--haply ye have wits! Verily the charitable, both men and women, and they who lend God a good loan, it shall be doubled to them, and theirs shall be a noble recompense. And they who believe in God and His Apostle, these are the truth-tellers and the witnesses before their Lord: they have their reward and their light. And they who disbelieve and deny our signs--these are the inmates of Hell! Know that the life of this world is but a game and pastime and show and boast among you; and multiplying riches and children is like rain, whose vegetation delighteth the infidels--then they wither away, and thou seest them all yellow, and they become chaff. And in the life to come is grievous torment, Or else forgiveness from God and His approval: but the life of this world is naught but a delusive joy. Strive together for forgiveness from your Lord and Paradise, whose width is as the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in God and in His Apostle. That is the grace of God! who giveth it to whom He pleaseth; and God is the fount of boundless grace. There happeneth no misfortune on the earth or to yourselves, but it is written in the Book before we created it: verily that is easy to God!-- That ye may not grieve over what is beyond you, nor exult over what cometh to you; for God loveth not any presumptuous boasters, Who are covetous and commend covetousness to men.