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says, "O my Lord! Why have You exalted his rank above mine"?
And Allah answers, "Because he has attained maturity and
has labored in acts of worship." Thereupon the child rejoins,
"But Lord, it is You who caused me to die a child. So it is
obligatory upon You to have prolonged my life untilI
attained maturity; then I would have labored in Your worship.
But You, O Lord, have deviated from justice by favoring him
with long life. Lord! Why have You favored him?" Allah - the
High - would then reply, "Because I knew that if you had lived
to attain maturity, you would have committed the sins of
polytheism and disobedience. Hence it was better for you to
die a child." Such will the apology of the Mu'tazilite (or
anyone who follows this way of thought) be for Allah - the
Mighty, the Glorified.-
But then the unbelievers will cry up from the midst of Hell-fire
And Allah answers, "Because he has attained maturity and
has labored in acts of worship." Thereupon the child rejoins,
"But Lord, it is You who caused me to die a child. So it is
obligatory upon You to have prolonged my life untilI
attained maturity; then I would have labored in Your worship.
But You, O Lord, have deviated from justice by favoring him
with long life. Lord! Why have You favored him?" Allah - the
High - would then reply, "Because I knew that if you had lived
to attain maturity, you would have committed the sins of
polytheism and disobedience. Hence it was better for you to
die a child." Such will the apology of the Mu'tazilite (or
anyone who follows this way of thought) be for Allah - the
Mighty, the Glorified.-
But then the unbelievers will cry up from the midst of Hell-fire