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But as for him who believes and acts righteously, he shall have the fairest reward, namely, Paradise (the annexation construction [jazā'u l-husnā, 'the fairest reward'] is explicative; a variant reading has jazā'an al-husnā, '[he shall have] as a requital that which is fairest'; al-Farrā' said that this accusative [reading of jazā'an] is [intended] as an explanation [of the nature of the requital] by way of attribution [to 'that which is fairest']; and we shall speak to him mildly in our command', that is to say, we shall command him with what he will find easy [to bear].