[57:19]
And those who believe in Allah and His
messengers, they are the loyal, and the martyrs are with their Lord; they have
their reward and their light; while as for those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of hell-fire.
[57:20]
Know that the life of the world is only play,
and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of
wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the
growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest
it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is
grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure,
whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.
[57:21]
Race one with another for forgiveness from your
Lord and a Garden whereof the breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the
earth, which is in store for those who believe in Allah and His messengers.
Such is the bounty of Allah, which He bestoweth upon whom He will, and Allah is
of Infinite Bounty.
[57:22]
Naught of disaster befalleth in the earth or in
yourselves but it is in a Book before we bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah -
[57:23]
That ye grieve not for the sake of that which
hath escaped you, nor yet exult because of that which hath been given. Allah
loveth not all prideful boasters,
[57:24]
Who hoard and who enjoin upon the people
avarice. And whosoever turneth away, still Allah is the Absolute, the Owner of
Praise.