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They said, “Woe to us! We have certainly been transgressors.

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We trust our Lord will give us a better garden than this, ˹for˺ we are indeed turning to our Lord with hope.”1

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That is the ˹way of Our˺ punishment ˹in this world˺. But the punishment of the Hereafter is certainly far worse, if only they knew.1 

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Indeed, the righteous will have the Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.

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Should We then treat those who have submitted like the wicked?

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What is the matter with you? How do you judge?

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Or do you have a scripture, in which you read

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that you will have whatever you choose?

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Or do you have oaths binding on Us until the Day of Judgment that you will have whatever you decide?

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Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ which of them can guarantee all that.

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