THE TEST PAPER

The Test Paper ~ 87 ~ THE TEST PAPER As for man, when his Lord tests him by exalting him and bestowing favours on him, he says: ‘My Lord is bountiful to me.’ But when He tests him by restricting his subsistence, he says: ‘My Lord humiliates me.’ No! But you show no kindness to the orphan, nor do you urge one another to feed the poor. Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak, and you love riches with all your hearts. No! But when the earth is crushed to fine dust, and your Lord comes down with the angels, in their ranks, and Hell is brought near -- on that day man will remember his deeds. But what will memory avail him? He will say: ‘Would that I had done good works in my lifetime!’ But on that day none will punish as He will punish, nor will any bind with chains like His.