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SOME SECRETS OF THE QUR'AN

We responded to him and removed from him the
harm, which was afflicting him and restored his
family to him, and the same again with them, as a
mercy direct from Us and a Reminder to all
worshippers. (Surat al-Anbiya': 84)

God answered the Prophet Solomon (Sulayman), peace
be upon him, who prayed, "My Lord, forgive me and give
me a kingdom the like of which will never be granted to
anyone after me. Truly You are the Ever-Giving." (Surah
Sâd: 35). And God bestowed a great power and wealth on
him.
Accordingly, those who pray should keep in mind the
verse "His command when He desires a thing is just to say to
it, 'Be!' (Surah Ya-Sin:82). As stated in the verse, everything is
easy for God and He hears and knows every prayer.

God gives blessings of this world to
those who desire them, but in the
hereafter they will suffer heavy loss

The desires of those who do not harbour a deep-rooted
fear in their heart for God and lack a profound faith in the
hereafter are worldly-oriented. They ask for wealth, property
and status only for the life of this world. God informs us that
those who desire only the world will have no reward in the
hereafter. Believers, on the other hand, pray both for this
world and the hereafter since they believe that the life in the
hereafter is as certain and near as this life. Of this, God states
the following:
... There are some people who say, 'Our Lord, give us
good in the world.' They will have no share in the