An Elementary Study of Islam — Page 60
60 T E $hU L;C T E $U i L F #/0 $>X # ) j#Ck 9 / Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. It shall have the reward it earns, and it shall get the punishment it incurs. (Quran 2:287) And again: l # /0 Q $Xm% bn%Q And that man will have nothing but what he strives for. (Quran 53:40) However, in relation to religion, there are some spheres of destiny which are predetermined and unchangeable. They are referred to in the Holy Quran as the Sunnah of God. One such Sunnah is the destiny that God’s messengers will always be victorious, whether they are accepted or not. If they are rejected, it is the opponents whose designs are frustrated. The prophets, their messages and mission must always prevail, regardless of how powerful their enemies may be a few examples in the living history of man are the confrontations between Moses as and Pharoah, between Jesus as and his opponents, and between Muhammad sa and his adversaries. The triumph of religion is what remains as the legacy of past struggles between prophets and their adversaries. Abraham as and his faith, and those who uphold him and his message, predominate the world. Moses as and those who revere him, Jesus as and his message, and the Prophet Muhammad sa and what he stood for, almost dominate the entire world. But none is found today who uphold the cause and values of their opponents. This destiny does not come into play in other confrontations between men and men. The general rule there is that the strong will annihilate the