One of them is so certain that if all protections be fulfilled...

One of them is so certain that if all protections be fulfilled, too, the course of lifetime will be consumed and, like the oil of a torch, it will be finished. The second divine appointed time is concerned to our own conduct. It is like an oil lamp that contains enough oil but we put it in the current of a storm.

In the Islamic literature, deeds such as visiting ones kin, free will offering, alms, and supplications are recorded as the factors that cause the lifetime to be prolonged; while some actions like break off connection with one's kindred and injustice have been introduced as the cause of shortening the lifetime of the one. It is narrated from Ibn- 'Abbas that Allah has set two kinds of 'appointed end' for humankind.

One of them is from birthday until death, and the other is from death until the day of Resurrection. By his deeds, a person may sometimes decrease from one and increase the time of the other. Therefore, the conclusion of the life's final term of no person is changeable. The verse, addressing the infidels, implies that such people, who are polytheists, are doubtful about the Creator Who has created man from this worthless origin, viz.

"And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth! He knows your secret and your open, and He knows what you earn." In answer to those who consider a separate god for every type of thing, such as god of rain, god of war, god of peace, god of sky, and the like of them[^4] , the verse says: "And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth!

..." It is obvious that the One Who dominates everywhere and in whose authority is the devise of everything, the Omnipresent, knows all the secret and concealed things. So, it is such that in the next sentence, the verse says: "... He knows your secret and your open, and He knows what you earn." The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Allah revealed to Abraham, saying: 'O' lbrahim !