And there his wretched soul endured most horrible torture, gnawing hunger and parching thirst, and the pain was increased when the dead man looked into Paradise and saw there the man he had sent away despised from his door sitting by Abraham.

He saw how ripe fruits grew there, and clear springs gushed forth.

Then he called up, 'Father Abraham.

I implore you, tell the man sitting by you to dip his finger-tips into the water and cool my tongue, for I suffer unbearable torture.' To which Abraham answered, 'No, my son, that cannot be.

You received all that was good on earth and forgot the poor, now he forgets you.