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veal who will behave best. In another verse, God says "We will test
you with a certain amount of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and
life and fruits. But give good news to the steadfast" (Koran, 2:155),
thus revealing that men and women will be tested through various
events up to the end of their lives, and that those who can exhibit for-
titude in the face of them will receive His mercy.
God ordains the course of life for men and women. He holds
them both responsible for the Koran. He has given them both a con-
science to inspire them to do what is right at all moments of their lives
and has made their lower selves and satan enemies of them both. God
has also revealed that as a requirement of the test in the life of this
world, if a man or a woman exhibits good moral values and does good
deeds, then they will enjoy the finest reward in this world and the
hereafter:
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