Paradise shall be brought near unto the pious, to a place not distant from them, so that they shall see it.
And it shall be said unto them, ‘This is what ye have been promised, unto every one who hath earnestly turned himself unto God and kept His laws,
Who hath feared the Compassionate in secret, and come with a penitent heart:
Enter it in peace: this is the Day of Eternity.’
(l. 30-33.)
XLVIII.
†Fairseeming to men is the love of pleasures from women and children, and hoarded riches of gold and silver, and pastured[141] horses, and flocks, and corn-fields. Such is the enjoyment of this world’s life! But God, goodly is the home with Him!
Say, Shall I tell you of better things than these prepared in the presence of their Lord for those that fear [God]? Theirs shall be gardens beneath which rivers run, and in which they shall abide for ever, and stainless wives, and acceptance with God: for God regardeth His servants,
—Who say, ‘O our Lord, verily we have believed; forgive us then our sins, and keep us from the torment of the fire,’—
The patient, and the truthful, and the lowly, and the charitable, and they who seek pardon at each daybreak.