Thereafter...

Thereafter, Allah says to them: As there is no escape from test and trial, nor from turning the potentials into accomplishments, it is in your interest that you should believe in Allah and His messengers, so that you should be counted among the good ones - and not among the evil ones.

But mere belief is not sufficient to preserve the blessedness of the life, it is also necessary to support it with good deeds that would raise the belief up to Allah and preserve its blessings - it is then that the reward would be complete. It was with this connotation in view that the Qur'an first said, "therefore believe in Allah and His messengers", and…