It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they he their kindred, after it has been made manifest to them that they are the fellows of hell.
There has come to you an apostle from amongst yourselves; hard for him to bear as it is that ye commit iniquity; he is anxious over you after the believers, pitiful, compassionate.
THE PROMISE OF PARADISE
Verily when it is said to them, "There is no god but God," they get too big with pride, and say, "What! shall we leave our gods for an infatuated poet?" Nay, he came with the truth, and verified the apostles; verily ye are going to taste of grievous woe, nor shall ye be rewarded save for that which ye have done!
Except God's sincere servants, these shall have a stated provision of fruits, and they shall be honored in the gardens of pleasure, upon couches facing each other; they shall be served all around with a cup from a spring, white and delicious to those who drink, wherein is no insidious spirit, nor shall they be drunk therewith; and with them damsels, restraining their looks, large eyed; as though they were a sheltered egg; and some shall come forward to ask others, and a speaker amongst them shall say: "Verily, I had a mate, who used to say, 'Art thou verily of those who credit?' What! when we are dead and have become earth and bones, shall we be
