Verily the final destination is al-Qiy?mah and this is enough of an admonition for the one who reasons, and [enough of] a warning for the one who is unaware; and after that what you know of the torment of the Day of Judgment and the frightening terror, and the deafening of the ears, and the turning of the ribs, and the narrowness of the grave, and the intensity of sadness and heavy-heartedness

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I wonder at the one who denies the second genesis while he sees the first genesis

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The Hour [of reckoning] has shown its face and the sign [of its coming] is evident for the one who recognizes it

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The Hour has drawn near with its quakes and it has settled down with its chest on the ground

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Prepare yourselves for the day when the eyes will be glazed, and the minds will lose their sanity because of its horror, and the perceptions will become dull

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Beware of the day when the deeds are audited, when earthquakes increase and when young children turn old

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Verily before you is an arduous mountain-pass [that is difficult to traverse] where the one with a light burden will be in a better condition than the one with a heavy burden and the one who has to go through it slowly will be worse off than the one who can pass through swiftlyIndeed its place of descent for you inevitably leads either to Paradise or hellfire

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When the horrors of the Day of Reckoning will be witnessed, there will be many who will show extreme regret

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They have risen from the resting place in their graves and gone towards the site of reckoning, and evidence has been brought against them

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Paradise is the abode of peace

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Paradise is the reward of the obedient

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Paradise is the abode of the pious

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Paradise is the goal of the foremost [in righteousness]

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Paradise is the most excellent goal

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Paradise is the returning place of the victorious

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Paradise is the reward of every righteous believer

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Paradise is the best place of return and hellfire is the worst place of residence

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Those who possess certitude, the dedicated [and sincere] ones and the altruistic ones are from the people of the Elevations

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Verily the people of Paradise constitute all the believers who are easygoing and gentle

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Verily your souls have [great] value, so do not sell them except for Paradise

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If you must be desirous of something, then be desirous of a Paradise, the span of which covers the heavens and the earth

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Verily you will not enter Paradise until you restrain yourself from misdeeds and stop [committing them]; and deter yourself from sins and desist [from them]

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He who overcomes his vain desire is victorious in attaining the Paradise of the [everlasting] Abode

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He who turns away from the lustful desires of this world attains the Garden of Repose [in the Hereafter]

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The goal of a believer is Paradise

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Every bliss other than Paradise is derisory

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How impossible! Allah cannot be cheated of His Paradise, and none can attain what is with Him except by His pleasure

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The delegation that enters Paradise is constantly showered with blessings

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Those who enter Paradise are in perpetual bliss

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Paradise is not achieved [simply] by wishing for it

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None will be victorious in attaining Paradise except one whose heart is good and intention sincere

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    Hellfire is the final end of the extremists

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Because of succumbing to vain desire and misguidance, [only a] few will be saved from hellfire

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    Be wary of the fire whose heat is intense, whose pit is deep and whose ornaments are made of [molten] iron

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    Be wary of the fire whose tumultuous blaze is ready, its flames are intense and its torment is forever renewed

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Indeed, I have not seen any place whose seeker is in slumber like Paradise and any place whose fleer is in slumber like hellfire

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    Verily all disbelieving schemers are inmates of the fire

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    He (‘a) also said in his description of hellfire: Its pits are engulfed [with fire], its sides are pitch-dark, its vessels are scorching hot and everything about it is horrid

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Every tribulation other than the fire [of hell] is [a means to] wellbeing

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    Hell is sufficient as a punishment

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    This tender skin does not have the tolerance to withstand the fire [of hell]

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    He (‘a) said in his description of hell: [It is] a fire whose burning is intense, its roar is loud, its flames are rising, its blaze is incinerating, its groans are terrifying, its abatement is remote, its fuel is igniting, [and] its horrors are terrifying

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    The inmates of hell are eternally tormented

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    The one who enters hellfire is forever wretched

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    He (‘a) said while describing hell: Its inmate cannot leave, its prisoner cannot be released by ransom and its shackles cannot be brokenThis abode has no fixed age so that it may perish, nor is there a lifespan for its inmates that they may pass away

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