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Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing
the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness af-
flicted them and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger
and those who believed with him said, "When is Allah's help com-
ing?" Be assured that Allah's help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara: 214)
As we see in that verse, believers have always been tested by diffi-
culties and problems, yet Allah has always assisted His servants.
Furthermore, as in the verse Allah says, that help has always been swift.

When Islamic Morality Holds Sway Over All the
World in the Present Century, Cruelty Will Come to

an End
In many verses of the Qur'an Allah promises the dominion of the
morality of Islam all over the world. The promise of our All-Mighty
Lord is true and Allah never fails to keep His promise. Those who be-
lieve in Allah also believe that Allah's promise will absolutely come
true. Because our All-Mighty Allah gives the news of the dominion of
the morality of Islam over the world and promises it, what befalls to
sincere believers is to pray for its realization by heart, demand it and
strive for it with all their might. Believing that morality of Islam will
reign and making effort for the realization of this blessed event is oblig-
atory for every Muslim who abides by the Qur'an.
In one verse our All-Mighty Allah says:
Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions
that He will make them successors in the land as He made those be-
fore them successors, and will firmly establish for them their reli-
gion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear,
security. "They worship Me, not associating anything with Me."
Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators. (Surat an-
Nur: 55)
Some other verses in which Allah promises the dominion of the
morality of Islam over the world are as follows:

Allah has written, "I will be victorious, I and My Messengers."
Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Mujadala: 21)