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so that He may admit (li-yudkhila is semantically connected to an omitted clause, that is to say, amara bi'l-jihād, 'He has enjoined the struggle [so that He may admit]') the believing men and believing women into gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, and that He may absolve them of their misdeeds; for that, in Allah’s sight, is a supreme triumph;