I find in the former verse that one will not take up the...
I find in the former verse that one will not take up the path of ‘Kufr’ after performing the righteous deeds but in the later verse it is implied that righteous deeds and Eman will not be of any benefit without being on the righteous path.
Also I find that Allah -azwj Says: وَاسْأَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنَا أَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمَنِ آَلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ (43:45) And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah? I wonder how people, who are alive, are able to ask from those who have passed away, prior to being resurrected?
Also I find Him -azwj as Saying: إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا (33:72) Verily, We did offer the Trust to the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains but they refused to bear it because they were afraid of it. Yet man took it up – for, verily, he has always been prone to be most wicked, most foolish. What are the meanings of ‘Trust’ (Amanat)?
And who is this ‘Man’ who has no piety and wisdom and tried to cheat others with his wick traps. And I am aware of the fact that wicked statements have been ascribed to His Prophets -as . وَعَصَى آَدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوَى [32] (20:121) And Adam disobeyed his Sustainer, and thus was unsuccessful. Also وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي [33] (11:45) And Noah called out to his Sustainer, and said: “O my Sustainer!
Verily, my son was of my family; But قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ [34] (11:46) [God] answered: “O Noah, behold, he was not of your family, And what about Ibrahim -as who once submitted to stars, once to moon and once to sun and then what about Joseph -as , about whom Allah -azwj Says: وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ رَأَى بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهِ كَذَلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ (12:24) And, indeed, she desired him, and he desired her; [and he would have succumbed] had he not seen [in this temptation] an evidence of his Sustainer’s truth: thus [We willed it to be] in order that We might avert from him all evil and all deeds of abomination -for, behold, he was truly one of Our servants.
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