collected will not be enough to survive in the situations and problems
that they encounter in the world. People like him will spend their whole
lives in anxiety, worry, stress, fear and adversity, with no solution to
their problems. And later, they will accept this situation and will spend
the rest of their lives deceived, thinking that their suffering is a "fact of
life" when it is actually a punishment for not living by the deen.
Believers who follow the values described by Allah in the Qur'an
and make them prevail over every moment of their lives will live in the
best way. Allah announces good tidings to these believers in the follow-
ing words:
It is not your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us,
only in the case of people who believe and act rightly; such people
will have a double recompense for what they did. They will be safe
from all harm in the High Halls of Paradise. (Surah Saba': 37)
Those who believe and do right actions and establish prayer and
pay zakat, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no
fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Baqara: 277)
Those who fulfil Allah's contract and do not break their agreement;
those who join what Allah has commanded to be joined and are
afraid of their Lord and fear an evil Reckoning; those who are
steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and establish prayer and
give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly,
and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate
Abode. (Surat ar-Ra'd: 20-22)
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They said, "Glory be to You! We have
no knowledge except what You have taught us.
You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."
(Surat al-Baqara: 32)
