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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Holy Quran Text. Translation & Commentary (volume One) The Universal Law of Death (verse No. 185) The verse at the beginning points at a general and universal LAW that rules over all the living creatures: ``Every soul will taste their mortality and death, but death will forget none of us at all! Of course the SOUL will not die, but when the body dies, the soul will taste death through separation from the body.

In the second phrase the verse says that in our life after death; when our period of probation has been finished, we reach the life stage of REWARDS: ``Then you shall be paid fully your rewards in the Resurrection day.'' Those who have been able to escape the torment of the blazing Fire, shall be admitted to the gardens of bliss in the paradise. The Hell with strong attraction attracts people towards its fire.

Among the Hell's attracting chains we may name unlawful sex, prohibited wealth, rank and power, which may all attract any man strongly towards the Fire. The verse ends in that: ``The life of this world is nothing but a stuff of vanity.'' The material world and its enjoyments which can be means for salvation and development, are turned to stuff of vanity by us!

لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِى أَمْوَلِكُمْ وأَنفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَـبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا أَذىً كَثِيراً وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الاُْمُورِ(( 186 )) [ 464 ] 186- YOU SHALL CERTAINLY BE TESTED IN YOUR POSSESSIONS, AND IN YOUR PERSONAL SELVES, AND YOU SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE BOOK BEFORE YOU, (THE JEWS) AND FROM THE POLYTHEISTS MUCH HURTS.

(AND INSULTING WORDS) AND IF YOU BE PATIENT AND AVOID EVIL, (IT IS THE BEST BECAUSE) THESE ARE THE DETERMINING FACTORS IN ALL AFFAIRS. THE COMMENTARY OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO. 186) When Muslims were forced to leave their hearths and homes and emigrate from Mecca to Medina, the polytheists and pagans confiscated their houses and properties.

In their destination too, which was Medina, they were confronted with the hostility of hypocrites, and abuses and insults of the Jews, especially one of their chief and influentials named KAAB-IBN-ASHRAF, who was a scurrilous, abusive, and vindictive poet, who frequently lampooned the prophet and his companions in his poems.

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