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this is because God is the Truth; He brings the dead back to life; He has power over everything.

There is no doubt that the Last Hour is bound to come, nor that God will raise the dead from their graves,

yet still there are some who, with no knowledge or guidance or any book of enlightenment, argue about God,

turning scornfully aside to lead others away from God’s path. Disgrace in this world awaits such a person and, on the Day of Resurrection, We shall make him taste the suffering of the Fire.

[It will be said], ‘This is for what you have stored up with your own hands: God is never unjust to His creatures.’

There are also some who serve God with unsteady faith: if something good comes their way, they are satisfied, but if they are tested, they revert to their old ways, losing both this world and the next- that is the clearest loss.

Instead of God, they call upon what can neither harm nor help them- that is straying far away-

or invoke one whose harm is closer than his help: an evil master and an evil companion.

But God will admit those who believe and do good deeds to Gardens graced with flowing streams. God does whatever He wishes.

Anyone who thinks that God will not support him in this world and the next should stretch a rope up to the sky, climb all the way up it, and see whether this strategy removes the cause of his anger.