And there is a type of man who serves Allah standing on the borders (of the Faith15 ); is if some good comes to him, he is satisfied (with his Faith), but if he encounters a trial, he turns his back (upon it).16 Thus he loses both this world and the Hereafter: this is the manifest loss.17 Then, instead of Allah, he invokes those who can do him neither harm nor good: this is the last extremity of deviation. He invokes those who are more likely to do him harm than good.18 What an evil guardian he chooses and what an evil companion!19 As for those who believed and did righteous deeds,20 Allah will admit them to Gardens underneath which canals will be flowing. Allah does whatever He wills.21 As for the one who presumes that Allah will neither help him in this world nor in the Hereafter, he should (if he can) ascend the sky by a rope and cut a hole into it and then peep through it and see for himself whether any device of his can avert his doom, which he abhors22 And We have sent down this Qur'an with clear teachings such as these, but Allah alone guides whomsoever He wills. As regards those who believed23 and those who became Jews24 and the Sabaeans25 and the Christians26 and the Magians27 and those who committed shirk,28 Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection,"29 for everything is in the sight of Allah. Do you not see that everything in the heavens and the earth bows down before Allah?30 31 and so do the sun, and the moon and the stars, and the trees and the beasts and a large number of the people32 and even a large number of those who have deserved the torment.33 And the one whom Allah degrades and disgraces has none to make him worthy of honor;34 Allah does whatever He wills.35 These are the two parties who have disputed about their Lord.36 As regards those who have disbelieved, garments of fire have already been cut out for them;37 over their heads shall be poured boiling water, which will melt not only their skins but also the inner parts of their bellies and there shall be maces of iron to lash them. Whenever in their anguish they will try to come out of Hell, they shall be driven back into it (with the rebuke): "Taste now the torment of burning." As regards those, who believed and did righteous works, Allah will admit them into Gardens underneath which canals will be flowing: there they will be decorated with golden bracelets and pearls,38 and their garments will be of silk'. (This is because) they were guided to accept the pure Word,39 and shown the Way of the All Praiseworthy.40