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This is the only ayah in Al-Mulk strongly about worldly life and wealth.
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He Who created death in this world and life in the Hereafter — or both of them in this world since the sperm-drop is imbued with life life being that power by which sensation becomes possible death being the opposite of this or the non-existence of it — these being two alternative opinions; in the case of the latter life in the Hereafter ‘creation’ implies ‘ordainment’ — that He may try you that He may test you in this life to see which of you is best in conduct which of you is most obedient to God and He is the Mighty in His vengeance against those who disobey Him the Forgiving to those who repent to Him;