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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

that my Lord will give me something better than your
garden, and that He will send down on your garden
thunderbolts by way of reckoning from heaven, making
it but slippery sand!
Or the water of the garden will run off underground so
that you will never be able to find it.'
So his fruits (and enjoyment) were destroyed, and he
wrung his hands over all that he had spent on his prop-
erty, which had now tumbled to pieces to its very foun-
dations, and he could only say, 'Woe is me! Would that I
had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!'
He had no one to help him against Allah, nor was he able
to deliver himself.
In such ordeals the only protection comes from Allah, the
True One. He is the Best to reward, and the Best to give
success." (Surat Al-Kahf: 32-44)
In another surah of the Qur'an, this ignorant mindset that
wonders "what if?" and declares itself predestined for heaven is
set out as follows:
"When we give him a taste of our Mercy after some adver-
sity has touched him, he is sure to say, 'This is due to my
own merit: I do not think that the Hour of Judgment will
ever come; but if I am brought back to my Lord, He will
surely reward me well. But We will show the unbelievers
the truth of all that they did, and We shall give them the
taste of a severe Penalty." (Surah Fussilat: 50)
Note that in the above verse, Allah states that the people
who say this in the same position as deniers.
If someone believes in Allah, then he inevitably comes to the

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