قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّكُمۡ

كُنتُمۡ

تَأۡتُونَنَا

عَنِ

ٱلۡيَمِينِ

٢٨

The misled will say, “It was you who deluded us away from what is right.”¹

The misleaders will reply, “No! You disbelieved on your own.

We had no authority over you. In fact, you yourselves were a transgressing people.

The decree of our Lord has come to pass against us ˹all˺: we will certainly taste ˹the punishment˺.

We caused you to deviate, for we ourselves were deviant.”

Surely on that Day they will ˹all˺ share in the punishment.

That is certainly how We deal with the wicked.

For whenever it was said to them ˹in the world˺, “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah,” they acted arrogantly

and argued, “Should we really abandon our gods for a mad poet?”

In fact, he came with the truth, confirming ˹earlier˺ messengers.

You will certainly taste the painful torment,

and will only be rewarded for what you used to do.

But not the chosen servants of Allah.

They will have a known provision:

fruits ˹of every type˺.¹ And they will be honoured

in the Gardens of Bliss,

facing each other on thrones.¹

A drink ˹of pure wine˺ will be passed around to them from a flowing stream:

crystal-white, delicious to drink.

It will neither harm ˹them˺, nor will they be intoxicated by it.

And with them will be maidens of modest gaze and gorgeous eyes,

as if they were pristine pearls.¹ 

Then they will turn to one another inquisitively.¹

One of them will say, “I once had a companion ˹in the world˺