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Would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: No fear shall be on you. Nor shall yc grieve." 50. The Companions of the Fire Will call to the Companions Of the Garden: "Pour down To us water or anything That Allah doth provide For your sustenance." They will say: "Both These things hath Allah forbidden To those who rejected Him;_1U28 51. "Such as took their religion To be mere amusement And play. and were deceived By the life of the world." That day shall We forget them llt29 As they forgot the meeting Of this day of theirs. And as they were wont To reject Our Signs. For We had certainly Sent unto them a Book. Based on knowledge, Which We explained In detail,-a guide And a mercy To all who believe.
1028. The Companions of the Fire will thirst for watcr and not get it. and for sustcnancc which will not be theirs. while the Companions of the Garden will have the crystal waters of the springs and rivers and they will enjoy thc bliss of Allah's Countenancc. which will bc thcir suprcmc nourishment and the fruit of their life of probation and seeking. These things will not be transferable. Cf. also xxxvii. 41-47. 62-67. 1029. "Forgetfulness" may be involuntary. from a defect of memory. or figuratively, a deliberate turning away from. or ignoring of, something wc do not want, as when we say in an argument, "you convcnicntly forgct that so-and-so is so-and-so." Here the latter kind is meant. If men deliberately ignored the Hereafter in spitc of warnings. can they cxpect to be received by Allah. Whom they themselves rejected?
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