Quran — Page 494

AND, BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a means to know [that] the Last Hour [is bound to come]; hence, have no doubt whatever about it, but follow Me: this [alone] is a straight way.

And let not Satan bars you [from it] - for, verily, he is your open foe!

NOW WHEN Jesus came [to his people] with all evidence of the truth, he said: “I have now come unto you with wisdom, and to make clear Unto you some of that on which you are at variance: hence, be conscious of God, and pay heed unto me.

“Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship [none but] Him: this [alone] is a straight way!”

But factions from among those [who came after Jesus] began to hold divergent views: woe, then, unto those who are bent on evildoing - [woe] for the suffering [that will befall them] on a grie­vous Day!

ARE THEY [who are lost in sin] but waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?

On that Day, [erstwhile] friends will be foes unto one another - [all] save the God-conscious.

[And God will say:] “O you servants of Mine! No fear need you have today, and neither shall you grieve –

[O you] who have attained to faith in Our messages and have surrendered your own selves unto Us!

Enter paradise, you and your spouses, with happiness blest!”

[And there] they will be waited upon with trays and goblets of gold; and there will be found all that the souls might desire, and [all that] the eyes might delight in. And therein shall you abide, [O you who believe:]

for such will be the paradise which you shall have inherited by virtue of your past deeds:

fruits [of those deeds] shall you have in abundance, [and] thereof shall you partake!