Ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki game da The Happiness of the Wicked: Illustrated

Sai ya gaya musu wannan misali ya ce, “Gonar wani mai arziki ta ba da amfani sosai.

Ya yi tunani a ransa ya ce, ‘Ba ni da inda zan ajiye amfanin gonana. Me zan yi ke nan?’

“Sai ya ce, ‘Ga abin da zan yi. Zan rushe rumbunana, in gina manya, in zuba dukan hatsina da kayana a ciki.

Ni kuma zan ce wa raina, “Kana da kaya da yawa masu kyau, da aka yi ajiyarsu domin shekaru da dama masu zuwa. Yi hutunka, ka ci, ka sha, ka yi annashuwa.” ’

“Amma Allah ya ce masa, ‘Kai wawa! A wannan dare za a nemi ranka. Bayan haka, wa zai gāji abin da ka tara wa kanka?’

“An yi wani mutum mai arziki wanda yakan sa tufafi masu ruwan shunayya, da kuma na lallausan lilin, yana kuma cikin rayuwar jin daɗi kullum.

A ƙofar gidansa kuma akan ajiye wani mai bara, mai suna Lazarus, wanda jikinsa duk gyambuna ne.

Shi kuwa yakan yi marmarin cin abin da yakan fāɗi daga tebur na mai arzikin nan. Har karnuka ma sukan zo su lashe gyambunansa.

“Ana nan, sai mai baran ya mutu, kuma mala’iku suka ɗauke shi zuwa gefen Ibrahim. Mai arzikin ma ya mutu, aka kuma binne shi.

A cikin jahannama ta wuta, inda yana shan azaba, ya ɗaga kai ya hangi Ibrahim can nesa, da kuma Lazarus a gefensa.

Sai ya yi masa kira ya ce, ‘Baba, Ibrahim, ka ji tausayina, ka aiki Lazarus ya sa ɗan yatsarsa a ruwa, ya ɗiga mini a harshe saboda in ji sanyi, domin ina shan azaba cikin wannan wuta.’

“Amma Ibrahim ya ce, ‘Ka tuna fa ɗana, a lokacin da kake duniya, ka sami abubuwa masu kyau naka, Lazarus kuwa ya sami munanan abubuwa. Amma yanzu ya sami ta’aziyya a nan, kai kuwa kana shan azaba.