The Guiding Light — Page 374
374 The clause, When every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned, shows that the reference to forgers of lies mentioned in the previous verse is particularly to Christians. This verse is an emphatic contradiction of the doctrine that the blood of any one, and not one’s own good works, can be a means of salvation. È ≅ è % ¢ Ο ß γ ‾ =9 $ # y 7 Î =≈ t Β Å 7 ù = ß ϑ ø 9 $ # ’ Î A ÷ σ è ? š ù = ß ϑ ø 9 $ # t Β â ! $ t ± n @ ä í Í ” ∴ s ? u ρ š ù = ß ϑ ø 9 $ # £ ϑ Ï Β â ! $ t ± n @ – “ Ï è è ? u ρ t Β â ! $ t ± n @ ‘ Α É ‹ è ? u ρ t Β â ! $ t ± n @ ( x 8 Ï ‰ u Š Î / ç ö y ‚ ø 9 $ # ( y 7 ¨ Ρ Î ) 4 ’ n ? t ã È e ≅ ä. & ó x « Ö ƒ Ï ‰ s % ∩∪ [3:27] Say, ‘O Allah, Lord of sovereignty, Thou givest sovereignty to whomsoever Thou pleasest; and Thou takest away sovereignty from whomsoever Thou pleasest. Thou exaltest whomsoever Thou pleasest and Thou abasest whomsoever Thou pleasest. In Thy hand is all good. Thou surely hast power to do all things. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, Chapter 3, Verses 26-31