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And announce to those who have believed and done sound deeds that they will have gardens beneath which rivers flow.

And there are surely, among stones, those from which rivers gush forth;

There are surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in the alternation of night and day, in the vessel that sails at sea laden with what benefits mankind, in the water that God sends down from the sky and by which He brings the earth back to life after its death, spreading in it every kind of living being, in the diversity of the winds, and in the cloud subjected between the sky and the earth — signs for a people who reason.

When Talut set out with the armies, he said: "God is going to test you with a river: whoever drinks from it is not one of mine, and whoever does not feed on it is indeed one of mine — except one who draws a scoop with his hand."

Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and vines, beneath which rivers flow, wherein he would have all kinds of fruits, then old age strikes him, while he has weak descendants, and a whirlwind of fire strikes it, and it burns?

Those who spend their goods by night and by day, secretly and openly, have their reward with their Guardian; no fear upon them, and they will not grieve.

For those who guard themselves, with their Guardian, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, purified spouses, and a good pleasure from God."

You make the night penetrate into the day, and You make the day penetrate into the night; You bring forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living; and You provide for whom You will, without reckoning."

And a group among the people of the Scripture said: "Believe in what has been sent down to those who have believed, at the start of the day, and disown it at its end, perhaps they will return."

Those are the ones whose recompense is a forgiveness from their Guardian, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.

There are surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, signs for the possessors of intelligence, those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth:

Those who have emigrated, been expelled from their abodes, been troubled on My way, fought, and been killed, I will surely cover their evil deeds, and I will surely admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow" — a requital from God.

But those who have guarded themselves toward their Guardian will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, as a welcome from God.

And whoever defers to God and His messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein he will abide eternally.

And those who have believed and done sound deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.

If you maintain the Contact, give pure liberality, believe in My messengers, champion them, and make God a beautiful loan, I will surely cover your evil deeds, and I will surely admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow.

God then requited them, for what they said, with gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.

They have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever."

and We made the rivers flow beneath them; then We annihilated them for their offenses,

And to Him belongs what rests in the night and the day;

It is He who keeps you faithfully, by night, and knows what you have perpetrated by day, then He raises you in it, so that an appointed term may be concluded;

And We will have removed from their chests all rancor; rivers will flow beneath them,

He covers the day with the night, which pursues it relentlessly — and the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected to His command.

God has promised the believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and wholesome dwellings in the gardens of permanence;

God has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.

He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.

In the alternation of night and day, and in what God created in the heavens and the earth, there are surely signs for a people who guard themselves.

Beneath them rivers will flow, in the gardens of bliss.

until, when the earth has taken on its gilding and become embellished, and its people presume they have mastery over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, and We make it a mown field, as if it had not flourished the day before.

And on the day He gathers them, as if they had remained but an hour of the day, they will recognize one another.

Say: "Do you see? If His punishment came upon you by night or by day, what is it the severed would want to hasten?

It is He who made for you the night so that you might rest in it, and the day for seeing clearly.

And maintain the Contact at the two ends of the day, and at close moments of the night:

And it is He who spread out the earth, and placed upon it firm anchors and rivers;

He covers the day with the night.

It is equal, among you, whether one keeps his saying secret or says it aloud, and whether he hides in the night or moves openly by day.

The example of the Garden promised to those who guard themselves: rivers flow beneath it, its fare is constant, as is its shade —

And those who have believed and done sound deeds will be admitted into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, with the permission of their Guardian.

and He subjected for you the rivers.

and He subjected for you the night and the day.

And He has subjected for you the night and the day, the sun and the moon; and the stars are subjected by His command.

And He cast upon the earth firm anchors, so that it would not sway beneath you, and rivers and ways, perhaps you will guide yourselves, and landmarks,

The Gardens of permanence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow; they will have therein whatever they will.

And We have made the night and the day two signs; We blotted out the sign of the night and made the sign of the day fit for seeing clearly, so that you might seek a favor from your Guardian and know the number of years and the reckoning.

If either of them, or both, reach old age with you, do not say to them "fie!" and do not rebuke them,

And they said: "We will not give you credit until you make a spring gush forth for us from the earth, or you have a garden of palm trees and vines in which you make rivers gush forth abundantly, or you make the sky tumble upon us in pieces as you claim, or you bring God and the Agents before us, or you have a house of gilding, or you ascend to the sky — and we will not give credit even to your ascent until you bring down upon us a register we can read."

Those are the ones who will have the Gardens of permanence; beneath them rivers flow; they will be ornamented there with bracelets of gold and will wear green clothes of fine silk and brocade, reclining on adorned couches.

and We made a river gush forth between them; and he had fructified wealth.

gardens of permanence, beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally.

and glorify Him during some hours of the night, and at the ends of the day, perhaps you will be well-pleased.

they glorify Him night and day, never flagging.

It is He who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon —

Say: "Who watches over you, by night and by day, from the All-Benevolent?"

Indeed, God admits those who have believed and done sound deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow.

Indeed, God admits those who have believed and done sound deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow; they will be ornamented therein with bracelets of gold and pearls,

That is because God makes the night penetrate into the day and the day penetrate into the night, and because God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

and to Him belongs the alternation of night and day.

God alternates the night and the day.

Blessed is He who, if He willed, would make for you better than that: gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He would make for you palaces.

It is He who made for you the night a garment, sleep a rest, and the day a time of deployment.

It is He who made the night and the day a succession, for whoever wants to remember or wants to be grateful.

Is it not He who made the earth a stable place, placed rivers within it, placed for it firm anchors, and set between the two seas a partition?

Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest in, and the day for them to see clearly?

Say: "Have you considered: if God made the day perpetual for you until the Day of Appearance, what deity, other than God, would bring you a night in which to rest?

And it is out of His benevolence that He made for you the night and the day, so that you might rest and seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.

And those who have believed and done sound deeds — We will surely settle them in high chambers of the Garden, beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally;

And among His signs are your sleep by night and by day, and your seeking of His favor;

Have you not seen that God makes the night penetrate into the day, and makes the day penetrate into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running to an appointed term, and that God is Intimately Acquainted with what you do?

And those who were deemed weak will say to those who grew proud, "It was rather a plot, night and day, when you commanded us to disown God and to assign equals to Him."

He makes the night penetrate into the day, and makes the day penetrate into the night,

And a sign for them: the night, from which We strip away the day, and there they are, plunged into darkness.

It does not befit the sun to overtake the moon, nor the night to outrun the day.

He wraps the night around the day, and wraps the day around the night;

But those who guarded themselves before their Guardian will have high chambers, above which other chambers are built, beneath which rivers flow;

God is He who made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day for seeing clearly;

And among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.

If they grow proud, then those who are with your Guardian glorify Him night and day, without tiring.

And Fir'awn called out among his people, saying: "O my people, does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me?

And in your creation, and in the living beings He spreads, are signs for a people who have certainty; and in the alternation of night and day, in the provision God sends down from the sky and by which He brings the earth back to life after its death, and in the diversity of the winds, are signs for a people who reason.

To them: "As if, on the day they see what they were promised, they had remained only an hour of the day" — this is a transmission.

Indeed, God admits those who have believed and done sound deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow.

The example of the Garden promised to those who guard themselves: therein are rivers of water that does not stagnate, rivers of milk whose taste does not change, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey,

God is All-Knowing, Wise — so that He may admit the believing men and the believing women into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and cover their bad deeds; that is, with God, an immense triumph — and so that He may punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the associators, men and women, who form an evil presumption about God.

And whoever defers to God and His messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow.

Those who guard themselves are indeed in gardens and by a river, in a seat of veracity, near a Sovereign, Capable.

He makes the night penetrate into the day, and makes the day penetrate into the night.

Your good tidings today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally.

These are the ones in whose cores He has inscribed faith, and whom He has fortified with an Influx from Him, and whom He will admit into gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding there eternally.

O you who have believed! Shall I point you to a trade that will save you from a painful punishment? You believe in God and His messenger, and strive in the way of God with your goods and your Selves — that is better for you, if you knew. He will forgive you your offenses and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and wholesome dwellings in gardens of permanence.

And whoever believes in God and does a sound deed, We will cover for him his misdeeds and admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally, forever.

And whoever believes in God and does a sound deed, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally, forever; God has indeed granted him a fine provision.

O you who have believed! Turn back to God with a sincere turning back. It may be that your Guardian will cover your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day when God will not disgrace the Informant nor those who believed with him; their light will hurry before them and on their right.

He said, "My Guardian, indeed I have called my people night and day, but my call has only increased them in flight.

then I announced to them publicly and confided to them privately, and said: Ask forgiveness of your Guardian; indeed, He is ever a Great Forgiver. He will send upon you the sky in copious streams, and provide you with goods and sons, and give you gardens, and give you rivers.

You have during the day a long swim.

And God determines the night and the day.

Have We not made the earth a spread-out expanse, and the mountains as stakes? Have We not created you in pairs, and made your sleep a rest? Have We not made the night a covering, and the day for livelihood? Have We not built above you seven strong, and placed an incandescent torch? And sent down from those that press out abundant water, that We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation, and intertwined gardens?

Indeed, those who have believed and done sound deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the sun and its morning brightness! By the moon when it comes in its wake! By the day when it unveils it! By the night when it covers it! By the sky and what built it! By the earth and what spread it! By a Self, and what proportioned it, then inspired it with its depravity and its guardedness! He has certainly succeeded who purifies it, and he has certainly failed who buries it.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the night when it covers all! By the day when it unveils itself! By what created the male and the female! Your efforts are surely dispersed.

And as for the seeker, do not rebuke him.

Their recompense, with their Guardian, is the gardens of permanence beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein eternally, forever.