“Peace” is their greeting from a merciful Lord.
“Separate ye this day, O ye sinners!
Did I not charge you, O sons of Adam, not to serve the Devil,—surely he is your open enemy,—
But to worship Me: this is the straight way?
Yet he led away a great multitude of you: had ye no wits?
This is Hell, which ye were threatened with:
Roast there to-day, because ye did not believe.”
On that day will we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they have earned for themselves.
And if we pleased, we could put out their eyes, and still would they hasten on their way: but how would they see?
And if we pleased we could transform them as they stand so that they could not go on or turn back;