Page 366 - Learning from the Qur'an

When We grant blessing to a man, he turns away and draws aside
but when any evil touches him, he is full of endless prayers!
(Qur'an, 41:51)

THOSE WHO PRAY ONLY FOR THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD
When you have completed your (Pilgrimage) rites, remember
Allah as you used to remember your forefathers—or even more.
There are some people who say, 'Our Lord, give us good in this
world.' They will have no share in the hereafter. (Qur'an, 2:200)
If anyone desires to cultivate the hereafter, We will increase him
in his cultivation. If anyone desires to cultivate this world, We
will give him some of it but he will have no share in the hereafter.
(Qur'an, 42:20)
As for those who desire the life of this world and its finery, We
will give them full payment in it for their actions. They will not be
deprived here of their due. But such people will have nothing in
the hereafter but the Fire. What they achieved here will come to
nothing. What they did will prove to be null and void. (Qur'an,
11:15-16)
As for anyone who desires this fleeting existence, We hasten in it
whatever We will to whoever We want. Then We will consign him
to Hell where he will roast, reviled and driven out. (Qur'an, 17:18)

THOSE WHO ABANDON THEIR FAITH UPON
FACING HARDSHIP IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
Do you not see those who were told: 'Hold back from fighting but
perform prayer and give alms'? Then when fighting is prescribed
for them, a group of them fear people as Allah should be feared,
or even more than that. They say, 'Our Lord, why have you
prescribed fighting for us? If only You would give us just a little
more time!' Say, 'The enjoyment of this world is very brief. The
hereafter is better for those who guard againt evil. You will not
be wronged by so much as the smallest speck.' (Qur'an, 4:77)

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