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• Deeds rewarded.
o Good deeds.
 "Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He doubleth it, and giveth
from His own self a great reward." - An-Nisa' (Woman) 4:40
 "He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit. He that doeth evil shall only be
recompensed according to his evil. No wrong shall be done unto them." - Al-Anaam (Cattle) 6:160
 "If ye loan to Allah a beautiful loan, He will double it to your (credit), and He will grant you
Forgiveness; for Allah is All- Thankful, Most Forbearing." - At-Taghabun (Haggling) 64:17
o Bad deeds.
 "But We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a severe chastisement, and We will requite
them for the worst of their deeds." - Fussilat (Explained in Detail) 41:27
 "(But) the chastisement on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein
in ignominy." - Al- Furqan (The Criterion) 25:69
 "If any does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but if any does evil, the doers of
evil are only punished (to the extent) of their deeds." - Al-Qasas (The Story) 28:84
o Good deeds erase bad deeds (expiation).
 "If ye disclose (acts of) charity, even so it is well, but if ye conceal them, and make them reach
those (really) in need, that is best for you. It will remove from you some of your (stains of) evil.
And Allah is well acquainted with what ye do." - Al-Baqara (The Cow) 2:271
 "Allah will not call you to account for what is void in your oaths, but He will call you to account
for your deliberate oaths. For expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for
the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your
means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your
oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful." - Al- Ma'idah (The
Table) 5:89
• Islam does not accept any blood sacrifice for sin.
o No sacrifice can add to divine grace or replace the necessity of repentance.
 "It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches Allah; it is your piety that reaches Him. He has
thus made them subject to you, that ye may glorify Allah for His Guidance to you and proclaim
the good news to all who do right." - Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) 22:37
o Muslims instead perform sacrifices once each year to remember Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son
at God's command, and to help the poor.

Heaven
Heaven is commonly referenced in the Qur'an as Al-Jannah ("The Garden") or Firdaws ("Paradise"), and is reserved as a reward
for those who strive in the service of Allah.9 In the Qur'an, Al-Jannah also refers to the Garden of Eden where Adam dwelt
with Eve before the Fall.

• The Qur'an references various levels (or domains) of Heaven, sometimes interpreted as representing degrees of
spirituality. See also the following Surahs: 17:44; 23:17, 86; 61:12; 65:12; 67:3; 71:15; 78:12.
o "He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He directed Himself to the heaven, so He made
them complete seven heavens, and He knows all things." - Al-Baqara (The Cow) 2:29
 The Hadith records that these levels are symbolically assigned to different prophets.10
 The "seventh heaven" marks the end of supraformal creation.
• The Qur'an most commonly speaks about Heaven as a garden paradise with physical and sensual pleasures.
o To a desert people who are accustom to a dead, sterile, odorless environment, the concept of a lush
shade garden with running water and perfumed flowers is a powerful example by with their imagination
may be grasp the nature of another, supernatural world.
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