Page 67 - Living in Accordance with the Qur'an

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya)

Say: ‘Servants of Mine who believe! Have fear of your Lord. For
those who do good in this world there is good and God’s earth is
spacious. The steadfast will be paid their wages in full without any
reckoning.’ (Surat az-Zumar, 10)

That is the good news which God gives to His servants who believe
and do right actions. Say: ‘I do not ask you for any wage for this–
except for you to love your near of kin. If anyone does a good
action, We will increase the good of it for him. God is Ever-For-
giving, Ever-Thankful. (Surat ash-Shura, 23)

DOING GOOD DEEDS ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF GOD
Do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in

return. (Surat al-Mudathir, 6)
(Believers say,) ‘We feed you only out of desire for the Face of God.
We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks. We fear
from our Lord a horribly distressful Day.’ (Surat al-Insan, 9-10)
... Whatever good you give away is to your own benefit, when you
give desiring only the Face of God. Whatever good you give away
will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (Surat al-
Baqarah, 272)

The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleas-
ure of God and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a
hillside. When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if
heavy rain does not fall, there is dew. God sees what you do. (Surat
al-Baqarah, 265)

And among the desert arabs there are some who believe in God and
the Last Day and regard what they give as something which will
bring them nearer to God and to the prayers of the Messenger. It

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