Qur'an 20080301

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror, but when gods other than God are mentioned, behold they are filled with joy!

46. Say, "O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is Thou that will judge between Thy servants in those matters in which they have differed."

47. Even if the wrongdoers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgement, but something will confront them from Allah which they could never have counted upon!

48. For the evils of their deeds will confront them, and they will be encircled by that which they used to mock at!

49. Now when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: but when We bestow a favor upon him as from Ourselves, he says, "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge." Nay, but this is a trial, but most of them understand not!

50. Thus did those before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.

51. Nay, the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and the wrongdoers of this- the evil results of their deeds will soon overtake them, and they will never be able to frustrate!

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O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is Thou that will judge between Thy servants in those matters in which they have differed.

When it comes to spiritual balance, God has always maintained the same agenda- God will get you when and where you don't expect it. One day, all of a sudden, you will be surrounded.

Verse 48 states that the evils of our deeds will confront us. That is why we are taken by surprise, because we never expected our deeds as evil. Arrogance! Or perhaps the evil is that we just didn't care. As usual, we don't care until we get into trouble.

What is the trial? We are being tried for what we do with the things and the situations we are given. The goal is to please God.