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THE SECRET BEHIND OUR TRIALS
but nevertheless clear, truth will gain an eternal and never-ending
treasure. This book announces these truths to those who do not
know this secret and so live their lives without ever thinking about
reality, and reminds them that they should set for themselves a
much greater goal than the things of this world.
[Have we not] shown him the two highways? But he has not
braved the steep ascent. What will convey to you what the
steep ascent is? It is freeing a slave or feeding on a day of
hunger an orphaned relative or a poor man in the dust; then
to be one of those who believe and urge each other to stead-
fastness and urge each other to compassion. Those are the
Companions of the Right. Those who reject Our signs, they
are the Companions of the Left. Above them is a sealed vault
of Fire. (Surat al-Balad, 10-20)

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