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belief will be brought forth from Hell fire," prove the same thing.

Allah declared: "As for those who believe and do good deeds, We do not waste the reward of him who
does good deeds." (Quran 18:30). And again "Allah does not waste the wage of the good-doers." How
then would Allah suffer the reward of belief itself as well as that of good deeds to be lost
because of one
single offense? As for the Words of Allah: "He who kills a believer deliberately," they mean
whoever kills
a believer because of his belief, and the words have been revealed for that particular purpose.

You may say, "What has already been said will lead to the conclusion that belief obtains without
good
deeds although it is well known that the good, early generation said that belief comprises inward
adherence, verbal confession and good deeds; explain to us therefore the meaning of all this." I
shall
then say it is not unlikely that good deeds are considered a part of belief, because they
perfect and
complete it, just as it is said that the head and hands are part of man. It is evident that a
person will