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to think, use their intellect, and perceive all that is around them.
These people reach the following conclusion: Our Lord, Who cre-
ated them and granted all of the superior blessings that they could
never attain on their own, is very generous. This Creator is Allah, the
Lord of the heavens and Earth, and He reminds people to:
Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created, created man
from a clot of blood. Recite: And your Lord is the Most
Generous, He Who taught by the pen, taught man what he
did not know. No indeed! Truly man is unbridled, seeing
himself as self-sufficient. Truly it is to your Lord that you
will return. (Surat al-‘Alaq , 96:1-8)
In other words, each person is responsible for turning toward
Allah, the Gracious Creator, in order to thank Him. Allah grants
countless blessings and, in return, asks only that people serve Him
and abandon their arrogance. Allah’s sincere servants, all of whom
assume and display this morality, will be generously rewarded for
their virtuous conduct.

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