The Qur’an For All Humanity
Embellishment of Actions
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these events (earthquakes, etc.) are nothing more
than matters of cause and effect, rather than being
manifestations of divine intervention. All such
thoughts are deceptions created by Satan. That day
is sure to come when the false and the true are
differentiated; when good people are rewarded for
their good deeds and bad people are punished for
their bad deeds.
God has bestowed upon everyone the capacity to
think and distinguish truth from untruth. One who
makes use of his God-given capabilities, receives
guidance, while one who does not is left to his own
resources.
When the truth becomes apparent to a man, his
mind receives a jolt. At that moment two paths are
open before him. If he accepts the truth, his mind’s
course is set in the right direction. On the contrary,
if it should happen that, for circumstantial, or
psychological reasons, he rejects the truth, he then,
more often than not, commits the even greater folly
of attempting to justify his failure in order to
present a bad deed in a good light.
