he will turn back towards it and say, ‘Blessed is He who saved me from you! Allah has given me something He has not given anyone, from the first to the last.’

Then a tree will be raised up before him, and he will say, ‘My Lord, bring me near this tree so that I may rest in its shade and drink from its water.’ Allah, mighty and majestic, will say, ‘Son of Adam, if I grant you this, perhaps you will ask Me for something else.’ He will say, ‘No, my Lord,’ and promise Him that he will ask for nothing else. He said: His Lord, mighty and majestic, will excuse him, because he will see something he cannot resist. So He will bring him near it, and he will rest in its shade and drink from its water.

Then a tree even more beautiful than the first will be raised up before him. He will say, ‘My Lord, bring me near this one so that I may drink from its water and rest in its shade. I will ask You for nothing else.’ He will say, ‘Son of Adam, did you not promise Me that you would ask Me for nothing else?’ He will say, ‘If I bring you near it, perhaps you will ask Me for something else.’ So he will promise Him that he will ask for nothing else. His Lord, mighty and majestic, will excuse him, because he will see something he cannot resist. So He will bring him near it, and he will rest in its shade and drink from its water.

Then another tree, more beautiful than the first two, will be raised up before him at the gate of Paradise. He will say, ‘My Lord, bring me near this one so that I may rest in its shade and drink from its water. I will ask You for nothing else.’ He will say, ‘Son of Adam, did you not promise Me that you would ask Me for nothing else?’ He will say, ‘Yes, my Lord! Just this one—I will not ask You for