ASHES IN THE BOSOM OF A TEMPEST (VERSE NO. 18)

      An expressive parable has been struck here to illustrate the work of the ungodly, and it completes the past argument about the end of the heathens:ِ

      ``Their work is like ashes on which the wind blows in a stormy day.''

      The deeds of the unbelievers in themselves generally have little weight and value, just like the ashes. And as the ashes cannot stand against a fast moving wind, specially in a stormy day, so is the act of the ungodly which is more easily blown about here and there by the wrath of God. They obtain no fruit of what they plant, and sooner or later they shall come to know that they have been carried far away from what they had in their mind.

      The ashes are not adhesive particles and even with the aid of water we connot make the substance tenacious so as to be apt to adhere to each other. And so is the work of those who believe not in their Lord Creator, for being not co-ordinated or related to one another. In the contrary the spirit of unity and oneness can be observed in all the works of those who believe. Their conducts is a manifestation of Monotheism and godlyness.

      Ashes are also very light, empty, and void of useful contents, so much so that no living creature ever makes a nest or room among the ashes. So in the fruitless work of the unbelievers and useless and vain deeds of the godless people for having no truthful intention or reasonable aim and object.

      As an instance of this we, may refer to the HUMAN-RIGHTS, which now-a-days have fallen on the tip of the tongues. The same rights were also observed by the prophets, but the difference between the two observances is more than the difference between the earth and the heavens?

      When a superpower claims of supporting the human rights he has not any human stimulus or moral objection to incite them to this sort of activity. Their aim in that is merely pretence and political, and their work in the fields of human rights is a cloak to cover their own human criminals! They speak eloquently of the human rights, but their hands up to the elbow has been submerged in the human blood!

THE ANNULMENT OF DEEDS

      The abolition and annulment of good deeds due to disbelief in God, has been a general topic of controversy among the Muslim scholars.

      Some ask what of the great inventors and discoverers like Alva Edison and Pastur? Do they go to Hell!? Do they have any reward at all in the life to come?

      To answer this question we say:ِ

      In Islamic Doctrine the aim, intention, and stimulus of an act is no less important than the act itself. Therefore it depends to some extent that, why the good-doer or the inventor has done that work?

1- Sometimes the aim of the inventor is to invent a destructive means like the atomic bomb. Of course his invention may also have some byِproducts, which benefits mankind. Here in this case it is evident that what sort of a reward the inventor deserves.

2- Sometimes an inventor may invent something with the object of being famous, wealthy or have a position. In this case the best reward for such an inventor is to reach his object of being famous or rich and etc.

3- The third group of inventors may have human stimulus spending their whole life in the corner of a laboratory in order to serve mankind and improve social life of humanity. They toil and work hard for the welfare of their fellow creatures. These are of two groups as to their faith and intentions:ِ They might be either believer in God or unbelievers. If they are believers and have laboured in their investigations for the sake of God and to seek their Lord's pleasure, their reward is immense and God knows how to deal with them.

      They will have as their rewards such Graces and Bounties of God in the life to come that no ear has ever heard, no eyes have ever seen, and no mind has thought of.

      But if they believe not in God, and have done so only for the sake of humanity and to improve the life and social condition of mankind, then they have done good deeds and are among the good doers, and the verses like S 12:90 applies to them that:ِ ``ALLAH WASTES NOT THE REWARDS OF THE GOOD-DOERS.''

      Here we should not forget that the acceptance of a deed or a conduct by Allah differs from giving wages and rewards for a work. God might be well pleased with a little work which is done by a servant, with utmost sincerity and good purity and intention; and on the other hand he wastes not the reward of the good doers, though their intention be not as pure and sincere as it should be. Good is the fruit of good, and the product of bad is bad.