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98:7 - Those who have faith and do righteous deeds they are the best of creatures. 6232
6232 Contrast this with the preceding verse. Human beings who live a life of faith and good deed justify the purpose of their
probation here. They attain the fulfilment of their highest hopes. (98.7)
103:2 - Verily Man is in loss 6263
6263 If life be considered under the metaphor of a business bargain, man, by merely attending to his material gains, will
lose. When he makes up his day's account in the afternoon, it will show a loss. It will only show profit if he has Faith,
leads a good life, and contributes to social welfare by directing and encouraging other people on the Path of Truth and
Constancy. (103.2)
103:3 - Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds and (join together) in the mutual
teaching of Truth and of Patience and Constancy. 62646265
6264 Faith is his armour, which wards off the wounds of the material world; and his righteous life is his positive contribution
to spiritual ascent. (103.3)
6265 If he lived only for himself, he would not fulfil his whole duty. Whatever good he has, especially in moral and spiritual
life, he must spread among his brethren, so that they may see the Truth and stand by it in patient hope and unshaken
constancy amidst all the storm and stress of outer life. For he and they will then have attained Peace within. (103.3)
RIGHTEOUSNESS: (GARDENS)
3:15 - Say: shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous
aregardens in nearness to their Lord with rivers flowing beneath; therein is their eternal home;
with companions pure (and holy) and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are (all)
His servants. 355
355 Cf. ii. 25 and n. 44. (3.15)
3:133 - Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord and for a garden whose width is that (of
the whole) of the heavens and of the earth prepared for the righteous. 452
452 The Fire (iii. 131) is, as always, contrasted with the Garden,-in other words. Hell contrasted with Heaven, we are told
that its width alone is that of the whole of the heavens and the earth,-all the creation we can imagine. (3.133)
4:57 - But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness We shall soon admit to gardens with
rivers flowing beneath their eternal home: therein shall they have companions pure and holy:
We shall admit them to shades cool and ever deepening. 578579
578 Cf. ii. 25 and n. 44. (4.57)
579 The Garden is contrasted with the Fire: the shade is contrasted with the roasting, Evil grows with what it feeds on. So
goodness and felicity grow with their practice. (4.57)
4:122 -But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness We shall soon admit them to gardens
with rivers flowing beneath to dwell therein for ever. Allah's promise is the truth and whose
word can be truer than Allah's?
4:124 -If any do deeds of righteousness be they male or female and have faith they will enter
heaven and not the least injustice will be done to them. 633
633 Naqir = the groove in a date-stone, a thing of no value whatever. Cf. n. 575 to iv. 53. (4.124)
7:43 - And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury; beneath them will be
rivers flowing; and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah Who hath guided us to this (felicity):
never could we have found guidance had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was
the truth that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they Shall hear the cry: "Behold!
the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors for your deeds (of righteousness)."
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1021 A man who may have suffered or been disappointed may have a lurking sense of injury in the back of his mind, which
may spoil his enjoyment on account of past memory intruding in the midst of felicity. In such cases memory itself is
pain. Even sorrow is intensified by memory: as Tennyson says, "A sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier
things." But that is in this our imperfect life. In the perfect felicity of the righteous, all such feelings will be blotted out.
No "heartaches" then and no memories of them! The clouds of the past will have dissolved in glorious light, and no
past happiness will be comparable with the perfect happiness which will have then been attained. Nor will any sense
of envy or shortcoming be possible in that perfect bliss. (7.43)
1022 Jesus said: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth": Matt. v. 5. Here we are told: blessed are the
righteous, for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. The stress here is on actual practical deeds of righteousness:
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