Thus, when a person fails to plant the seeds of faith in his...

Thus, when a person fails to plant the seeds of faith in his heart or would rather plant the poisonous seeds of disbelief and rebellion instead, he has then ruined and wasted the gifts provided for him by Almighty God. He has subsequently planted for himself a tree, whose bitter fruit is the ‘Zaqūm’ from Hell. Such a person will not approach eternal prosperity and his good deeds will have no effect beyond this world.

The reason why such a person’s good deeds have no effect beyond this world is that each free deed done by man is an attempt for his soul to approach its final objective specified by God. How is it possible for one who does not believe in the eternal world and in life close to God, to consider such an objective and manage his behavior so that it can be obtained? Such a person cannot naturally expect eternal reward from God. However, the only acceptable point about the disbelievers’…