Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap
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AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP
Only those who have sown crops can expect a
harvest, and what is harvested will be whatever has
been sown. The same is true of the next life: there,
all men will reap as they have sown. Those who are
always jealous, inimical, cruel, and conceited are
like those who plant thorn trees. Those who plant
thorns will eat thorns in the hereafter. On the other
hand, whoever chooses the path of justice,
benevolence and acknowledgment of the truth is
like the planter of fruit trees. In the next life he will
enjoy the sumptuous fruits of his own planting.
People adopt a rebellious stance in this world, yet
continue to imagine that they will be raised up
amongst God’s obedient servants. They are willfully
destructive, but still think that, in eternity, they will
have a share in the fruits of constructiveness. Their
lives are based on mere words and they believe that
these words will take the form of reality in the
hereafter. They hear the message of God and refuse
to accept it; even so, they have the presumption to
think that God will be pleased with them.
