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Sura 47
Aya 12
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدخِلُ الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ جَنّاتٍ تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهارُ ۖ وَالَّذينَ كَفَروا يَتَمَتَّعونَ وَيَأكُلونَ كَما تَأكُلُ الأَنعامُ وَالنّارُ مَثوًى لَهُم

Yusuf Ali

Verily God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject God will enjoy (this world)1 and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.
  • An apt simile. Beasts of the field eat their fill, but have no higher interests. Men who worship the world exclusively are no better: their pleasures and enjoyments rise no higher than those of the beasts of the field. They have no inkling of spiritual happiness. On the contrary, as they were endowed with spiritual faculties which they misused, they will not escape the Fire of Punishment, the Penalty of Sin.