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If it is said that Allah - the High - will raise them from the dead and will reward them according
to the
amount of pain which they suffered, and that such action is obligatory upon Allah - the High - we
would
reply that anyone who would claim that it is incumbent upon Allah to bring every ant which was
killed
under the feet and every bug which was crushed back to life, so that He might reward them the pain
which they suffered, would violate the dictates of Religion and reason, for it is said: "The
description of
reward and assembly is that it is obligatory upon Allah" - if it is meant that it will harm Him to
neglect
doing it it is impossible, and if it is meant by it other than the above mentioned for the
necessitating
otherwise any other reason beyond this will be considered unintelligible.
(vii) Considering What is Best is Not an Obligation
The seventh principle: Is that He - the High - does with His creation whatever He wishes and there
is no
to the
amount of pain which they suffered, and that such action is obligatory upon Allah - the High - we
would
reply that anyone who would claim that it is incumbent upon Allah to bring every ant which was
killed
under the feet and every bug which was crushed back to life, so that He might reward them the pain
which they suffered, would violate the dictates of Religion and reason, for it is said: "The
description of
reward and assembly is that it is obligatory upon Allah" - if it is meant that it will harm Him to
neglect
doing it it is impossible, and if it is meant by it other than the above mentioned for the
necessitating
otherwise any other reason beyond this will be considered unintelligible.
(vii) Considering What is Best is Not an Obligation
The seventh principle: Is that He - the High - does with His creation whatever He wishes and there
is no