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SURAH AN-NABA': 78 (The Great Event)
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL

For the God-fearing there is sure achievement, [31]

COMMENTARY: Thus far the punishment of disbelievers was depicted. As opposed to this, the reward and blessings of the righteous believers are depicted below.

(This being a reward from their Lord, a sufficing Surah An-Naba': 78: 1 – 40

The blessings of Paradise described above are the reward of the believers and is an abundant grant from their Lord. Here two things are mentioned. First, these blessings are a reward of their deeds. Secondly, they are a Divine grant. Apparently, they seem to be contradictory, because reward means receiving something in lieu of doing some service, whereas grant is given gratis.

The Qur'an has combined the two words in order to indicate that the blessings of Paradise are reward for the inmates of Paradise only apparently, and in reality they are a Divine grant given to them gratis, because human deeds cannot be the reward of even those blessings which were given to him in the world, let alone the blessings of the Hereafter which depend entirely on Divine grace as is confirmed by the Tradition of the Holy Prophet SAW: "No one can enter Paradise merely by virtue of his deeds, unless Allah shows His grace." The Companions asked: "What about you, Messenger of Allah." He replied: "Nor will I enter Paradise merely by virtue of my action." [MA'AARIFUL QUR'AAN]

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Batter Ingredients
2 ½ cups flour - 3 teaspoons salt - 8 eggs beaten - ¾ cup milk - 1/3 cup water - Oil for deep frying.

Method
1. Sift flour and salt in a bowl.
2. Whisk eggs and milk together with the water.
3. Add to the flour and whisk for 2 ? 4 minutes.
4. Coat fish in flour.
5. Dip in batter and deep fry in heated oil until golden and crisp.
6. Remove with a slotted spoon onto paper towel.
7. Serve garnished with lemon wedges and parsley with chips and tartar sauce.

Tartar Sauce Ingredients
500ml mayonnaise - 3 ½ Tablespoons gherkins chopped - 2 medium onions diced - 3 ½ Tablespoons chopped parsley - 2 teaspoon lemon pepper - 4 to 5 ml paprika.

Method
Combine all above ingredients together and stir.

OUR EYES
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The world in which we live, Allah bestows many favours on us. All the needs of each living being are benevolently met; no detail is forgotten. Let's think about ourselves as examples. From the moment we wake in the morning, we need many things and encounter many situations. In brief, we survive due to the many favours bestowed upon us. We can breathe as soon as we wake up. We never experience difficulty in doing this, thanks to our respiratory systems functioning perfectly. We can see as soon as we open our eyes. The sharp and distant images, all three-dimensional and fully coloured, are perceived by our eyes, and indeed owe their existence to the unique design of eyes.

THE MOSQUE-GOER
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A Mosque go-er wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to Mosque. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 Lectures. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the Imams are wasting theirs by giving Lectures at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher.

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to Mosque for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"