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 earnest in seeking the lost in truth. It has been confirmed for you from the believers in their prayer to God at the day of resurrection for their brethren who are in the fire. They will say (in their intercessory prayer), "O our Lord, they used to fast with us, and they used to pray and go on pilgrimage." Then it will be said to them, " Bring out whomsoever ye wish." And their countenances will be forbidden the fire, and they will bring out many people. After that they will say, "Our Lord, not one remains in it of those concerning whom Thou com- mandedst us." Then He will say, " Return and bring out him in whose heart, ye find the measure of one dinar of good." Then they will bring out many people. After that He will say, " Return, and bring out him in whose heart ye find the measure of half a dinar of good." Then they will bring out many people. After that He will say, " Return, and bring out him in whose heart ye fijid the measure of one atom of good." Then they will bring out many people. After that they will say, "Our Lord, we have not left in it any good." Then God will say, "The angels have interceded, and the prophets have interceded, and the believers have interceded, and there is nothing left except the Most Merciful." Then He will take a handful from the fire and will take out therefrom a people who have never done any good, and who had become like coals. And He will cast them into a river near the doors of paradise, called the river of life. And they will emerge therefrom as a kernel of grain comes out from the husk, and they will come out as pearls. On their necks will be seals. And the inhab- itants of paradise will say, "These are those who have been released by the Merciful. He has brought them into paradise without their doing any works or good actions which they had sent before them." And it will be said to them, "The things ye see are for you, and with them are others like them." Muslim, Al Bukhdri.

It is related from Anas that, ' The Prophet said, " Verily the heat of the fire will afflict certain peoples as a punishment for the sins which they have committed. Afterwards God will bring them into paradise by the grace of His mercy; and they will be called infernals." Al Bukhdri.

It is related from Abu Dharr that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Verily I certainly know the last of the inhabitants of