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ly Signs in that for people who use their intellect. And also the
things of varying colors He has created for you in the earth. There
is certainly a Sign in that for people who pay heed. It is He Who
made the sea subservient to you so that you can eat fresh flesh from
it and bring out from it ornaments to wear. And you see the ships
cleaving through it so that you can seek His bounty, and so that
hopefully you will show thanks. He cast firmly embedded moun-
tains on the earth so it would not move under you, and rivers and
pathways so that hopefully you would be guided, and landmarks.
And they are guided by the stars. Is He Who creates like him who
does not create? So will you not pay heed? If you tried to number
Allah’s blessings, you could never count them. Allah is Ever-
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nahl: 5-18)

Allah has given countless things for people to make use of because
He wants them benefit from them. Those who say that blessings made
lawful by Allah are actually forbidden or, in other words, prevent peo-
ple from enjoying them are on the wrong path. Allah reveals this fact:
Say: “Who has forbidden the fine clothing Allah has produced for
His servants and the good kinds of provision?” Say: “On the Day of
Resurrection such things will be exclusively for those who had
faith during their life in the world.” In this way We make the Signs
clear for people who know. (Surat al-A‘raf: 32)
As this verse suggests, superstitious Jain belief forbids most of
Allah’s gifts in an incomprehensible way. Jainism demands of people
that they deny themselves all desires and wishes and commands them
to inflict suffering and pain on themselves. It portrays the suffering of

pain, hunger, cold and sickness as a supposed moral high ground and
the followers of this superstitious religion come to enjoy sufferings in
order to attain this supposed morality. This situation is the realization
of the following verse:

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