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THE PAINS OF THE FALSE WORLD

Our Lord imparts the happy tidings of Paradise with its
matchless beauty for His servants who understand the false
n a t u re of this world compared to the Hereafter and who set
about gaining His approval with sincere and righteous actions:
Their recompense is forgiveness from their Lord, and
Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in
them timelessly, for ever. How excellent is the reward of
those who act! (Surah Al 'Imran, 136)

Allah has bought from the believers their selves and
their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight in the
way of Allah and they kill and are killed. It is a promise
binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Qur'an
and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then
in the bargain you have made. That is the great victory .
(Surat at-Tawba, 1 11)

THEY ARE HAPPY IN THIS WORLD AND
THE NEXT

Allah has promised that He will give believers who lived
in accordance with the moral values of the Qur'an pleasant li-
ves both in this world and in the Hereafter. The Almighty has
revealed that this is a great salvation and happiness:

There is good news for them in the life of this world and
in the Hereafter. There is no changing the words of
Allah. That is the great victory! (Surah Yunus, 64)
He said: "Go down from it, all of you, as enemies to one
another! But when guidance comes to you from Me, all

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