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PRUDENT MEASURES IMPLIED BY THE QUR'AN 39

reveal the difference between the believers' wisdom and the ig-
norant people's imprudence.
Remember that all measures that produce lasting results are a
form of prayer. In fact, no plan or measure, no matter how elab-
orate, can prevent what Allah has decreed. This important fact
is related in the Prophet Ya'qub (as)'s advice to his sons:
But when they entered as their father said, it did not save them
from Allah at all. Yet a need in Ya'qub's soul was satisfied. He
had knowledge, which We had taught him, but most of human-
ity simply do not know. (Surah Yusuf: 68)