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32 conduct, there can be no surety that he will not make a wrong choice. But guidance has been provided, following which he may safeguard himself against making a wrong choice, or against the evil consequence of having made such a choice. All advance in knowl edge and science is a bounty of God. His law is: …If you are grateful, I will, surely bestow more favours on you; but if you are ungrateful, then know that My punishment is severe indeed. ( Ch. 14: V 8 ) The problem is, what is it that will ensure beneficent use - by man of God’s bounties? We have already seen that Islam insists, for this purpose, upon the certainty of faiths in the unity of God, and a vivid realisation of full accountability for one’s condu ct, both here and hereafter, that is to say, faith in the life after death: Say, I am only a man like yourselves; but I have received the revelation that your God is only One God. So let him who hopes to meet his Lord do good deeds, and let him join no one in the worship of his Lord. ( Ch. 18: V 111 ) The Qur’an on Today’s Crisis In fact, there are clear and striking indications in the Qur’an of the crisis with which mankind is confronted today. The spiritual cause of the crisis is described as mankind’s repudiation in practice of the Unity, Majesty and Power of God. The remedy ind icated is that man should make his peace with his Maker and return to the true worship of the One God. All else that may be