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The Koran — 48 55 The Merciful (Part 3 of 3)

Therein shall be the damsels with retiring glances, whom nor man nor djinn hath touched before them:

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Like jacynths and pearls:

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Shall the reward of good be aught but good?

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And beside these shall be two other gardens:5

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Of a dark green:

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With gushing fountains in each:

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In each, fruits and the palm and the pomegranate:

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In each, the fair, the beauteous ones:

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With large dark eyeballs, kept close in their pavilions:

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Whom man hath never touched, nor any djinn:6

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Their spouses on soft green cushions and on beautiful carpets shall recline:

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Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of majesty and glory.