صفحة 12

Do they not know that God is well aware of what they conceal and what they reveal?

Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork.

So woe to those who write something down with their own hands and then claim, ‘This is from God,’ in order to make some small gain. Woe to them for what their hands have written! Woe to them for all that they have earned!

They say, ‘The Fire will only touch us for a few days.’ Say to them, ‘Have you received a promise from God- for God never breaks His promise- or are you saying things about Him of which you have no real knowledge?’

Truly those who do evil and are surrounded by their sins will be the inhabitants of the Fire, there to remain,

while those who believe and do good deeds will be the inhabitants of the Garden, there to remain.

Remember when We took a pledge from the Children of Israel: ‘Worship none but God; be good to your parents and kinsfolk, to orphans and the poor; speak good words to all people; keep up the prayer and pay the prescribed alms.’ Then all but a few of you turned away and paid no heed.