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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imamate and Leadership Does the Qur'an Provide an Unconditional Guarantee For the ? ( 77 ) Lesson Eight The praise to be found in the Qur'an for acts of the that had already taken place can in no way be taken as proof for the justice of their conduct or their freedom from corruption and deviation throughout the entirety of their lives.

It cannot be imagined that their deeds would always and under all circumstances be synonymous with justice and truth for the pleasure of God Almighty and man's resulting attainment of eternal bliss are contingent on the maintenance of faith and consistently righteous behavior for the whole of one's life.

If these two attributes are forfeited the inevitable result will be deviation and corruption with regard to both belief and action and however brilliant be one's past it will be utterly unable to secure one's eternal felicity.

The Most Noble Messenger peace and blessings be upon him and his family who instructed die whole of mankind in piety and the qualities of true humanity who was the supreme monotheist and exemplar of moral virtues who was never polluted with polytheism or sin - even he was addressed thus in the Qur'an: "It you assign partners to Almighty God all your deeds will count for nothing and you will be among the losers." (39:65) It is obvious that the Beloved Messenger possessing as he did the quality of inerrancy was not separated from Cod for even an instant.

The purpose of this Qur'anic warning must then be to prevent the Muslims from falling prey to arrogance ( 78 ) and their intentions from being polluted by hypocrisy. Every individual must exert himself to the utmost1 drawing on all his powers and capacities to the very last moment of his life in order to earn the pleasure of his Lord remaining firm and steadfast in his commitment.

The Qur'an says concerning that great prophet Ibrahim and his progeny: "If they tended to polytheism their deeds would lose all validity." (6:88) Likewise the Qur'an also says: "God does not love the oppressors" (3:57) and "God is displeased with the wrongdoers." (9:96) History makes it plain that by no means all of those who are known as were in fact pious and righteous people.