The Good Life
Heavenly Souls
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HEAVENLY SOULS
Indeed man was born with a restless disposition.
When evil befalls him he is filled with self-pity, but
blessed with good fortune he grows niggardly. Not
so the worshippers who are steadfast in their
prayer; who set aside a due portion of their goods
for the needy and the dispossessed; who truly
believe in the Day of Reckoning and dread the
punishment of their Lord (for none is secure from
the punishment of God); who preserve their
chastity (save with their wives and slave girls, for in
their case they are not blameworthy; but those who
lust after other than those are transgressors); who
keep their trusts and promises and bear true
witness; and who attend to their prayers. These
shall be laden with honours, and shall dwell in fair
Gardens. (70:19-35).
