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to return to the Worshiped and this is impossible concerning
Allah - the High - for He is Exalted above desires and benefits.
Even disbelief and unbelief, obedience and disobedience
are the same from a beneficial point of view to Him.
Or, it returns to the benefit of the worshiper which is again
impossible, because he has no current desire. Because of obedience,
he becomes tired and refrains from lower appetites.
While there is nothing in the future except reward and punishment.
So, how then, can he know that Allah - the High - rewards
the disobedient and the obedient and does not punish both
of them because both are equal concerning (their having an
affect on) Him. Because He is inclined to neither, but we know
Allah - the High - for He is Exalted above desires and benefits.
Even disbelief and unbelief, obedience and disobedience
are the same from a beneficial point of view to Him.
Or, it returns to the benefit of the worshiper which is again
impossible, because he has no current desire. Because of obedience,
he becomes tired and refrains from lower appetites.
While there is nothing in the future except reward and punishment.
So, how then, can he know that Allah - the High - rewards
the disobedient and the obedient and does not punish both
of them because both are equal concerning (their having an
affect on) Him. Because He is inclined to neither, but we know