ABSOLUTE TRUST IN DIVINE SUCCOUR

~ 32 ~ surely grant a happy life; We shall reward them according to their noblest actions” (16:97). “God has promised those of you who believe and do good works to make them masters in the land as He had made their ancestors before them, to strengthen the Faith He chose for them, and to change their fear to safety. Let them worship Me and serve no other gods besides Me. Wicked indeed are they who after this deny Me” (24.55). ‘Good life’ here has different aspects: lawful earning; contentment; peace of mind; love of God; enjoyment in worship; success in this life as well as in the next: all of which go to make up a successful life. The second form of the blessing descends on a society which has withstood the test by purifying itself. When a considerable number of such good souls comes into being, God’s blessing at times takes the form of power on earth, because God wants the religion He has chosen for His servants to be established on earth. The power shall not, however, be inherited like that of kings and emperors, but like that of the descendants of the