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not doing it through necessity.
He is Gracious in beneficence and reform, though not through
any need. Munificence and Kindness, Beneficence and Grace are
His, since He is able to bring upon His creatures all manner
of torture and to try them with all kinds of pain and affliction.
Even if He should do this, it would be justice from
Him, it would not be vile, it would not be tyrannous.
He - the Mighty, the Glorified - rewards His believing worshipers
for their acts of obedience according to generosity and
encouragement rather than according to their merit and obligation.
For there is no obligation upon Him in any deed towards
anyone and tyranny is inconceivable in Him. For there is
no right upon Him towards anyone.
He is Gracious in beneficence and reform, though not through
any need. Munificence and Kindness, Beneficence and Grace are
His, since He is able to bring upon His creatures all manner
of torture and to try them with all kinds of pain and affliction.
Even if He should do this, it would be justice from
Him, it would not be vile, it would not be tyrannous.
He - the Mighty, the Glorified - rewards His believing worshipers
for their acts of obedience according to generosity and
encouragement rather than according to their merit and obligation.
For there is no obligation upon Him in any deed towards
anyone and tyranny is inconceivable in Him. For there is
no right upon Him towards anyone.