إِلَّا

عِبَادَ

ٱللَّهِ

ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

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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˺