they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will—a bestowal uninterrupted.”] 1 .
As for you, you believe contrary to that, and you reject the existence of the God who possesses these attributes, and you deny any resurrection, account, or Paradise among what was mentioned, or Fire; and the prosperous one according to you is he for whom the means of wealth and fortune are fully present and who enjoys the pleasures of the worldly life and its desires, while the wretched one is he who is deprived of these means and from whom those pleasures are withheld. We maintain the existence of an eternal, sempiternal God, perfect in consciousness and perception, who created creatures of all types and made man a living being, composing him of matter and spirit so that he perceives, is conscious, senses, and acts; and He clarified the good for him and urged him toward it, promising him reward and bliss if he adheres to walking along His path, and threatening him with punishment and wretchedness if he disobeys and behaves arrogantly.