If we are correct in what we have gone toward and believed, we are successful from three aspects: First: the aspect of correctness in the idea and belief; Second: the aspect of obtaining the eternal divine bliss which Allah promised to the working believers; Third: the aspect of salvation from the painful, continuous punishment of the Fire with which He threatened the denying polytheists. And if we are mistaken—and the mistake is your ally—we would be mistaken from the aspect of the idea only, and no punishment will overtake us, nor will any responsibility be incurred by us in return for that.
And you said and believed in the non-existence of a capable, wise Maker and a managing, watchful God, who rewards for obedience and punishes for disobedience; and you claimed causality for that which is neither conscious nor perceiving, and naturally does not hold to account nor punish. So if you are correct, you are correct in the idea only, and there is no reward or compensation for you matching this correctness. But if you are mistaken, you are losers from three directions: First: the direction of the idea and belief; Second: the direction of falling into the painful, eternal punishment resulting from denying the existence of the living, capable God;




