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be upon him - then addressed him and said, "Tell me, I ask
you by Allah, have you not said to yourself when you approached
the group that there was no one among them who was better
than you?" The man replied, "By Allah! Yes, I did." In his
prayer the Prophet said, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You against
the evil of things I did and things I left undone." He
was then asked, "Are you afraid O Prophet of Allah?" To which
he replied, "What could make me feel secure when the heart
lies between two of the fingers of the Merciful, and He does
with them what He wills?" Allah says: "And there shall appear
to them, from Allah, that which he did not expect." This
was interpreted in commentaries to mean that men have done
things which they thought were good but on the Day of Judgement
these things will appear in the balance in the scale of
you by Allah, have you not said to yourself when you approached
the group that there was no one among them who was better
than you?" The man replied, "By Allah! Yes, I did." In his
prayer the Prophet said, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You against
the evil of things I did and things I left undone." He
was then asked, "Are you afraid O Prophet of Allah?" To which
he replied, "What could make me feel secure when the heart
lies between two of the fingers of the Merciful, and He does
with them what He wills?" Allah says: "And there shall appear
to them, from Allah, that which he did not expect." This
was interpreted in commentaries to mean that men have done
things which they thought were good but on the Day of Judgement
these things will appear in the balance in the scale of