Sustenance
\r\n Al-Shura (The Consultation) - Chapter 42: Verse 19
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\"God is most kind towards His creatures. He provides for whoever He will. He is the Powerful, the Almighty."
God provides for all His servants, the good and the bad, the believer and the unbeliever. People are too weak to be able to provide for themselves. God has brought them into life and given them what meets their basic needs. Had He chosen not to provide for the unbelievers and the wrongdoers, they would not have had anything and would have died of thirst and hunger. Had this been the scenario, God's purpose of giving them life and allowing them a chance to do what may be counted for or against them would not have been fulfilled. Therefore, He attached the question of provisions to different factors related to life situations and personal abilities. He made it part of the test people undergo in this life and the result of which is known only in the life to come. Thus, it has nothing to do with belief or unbelief, goodness of character or personality.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n \"In The Shade Of The Quran\" - Sayyid Qutb, Vol 15, pp. 166, 167