Requirements of the Test (6:158)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · February 8, 2016
Requirements of the Test
6:158 Are they waiting for the angels to come to them, or your Lord, or some physical manifestations of your Lord? The day this happens, no soul will benefit from believing if it did not believe before that, and did not reap the benefits of belief by leading a righteous life.* Say, “Keep on waiting; we too are waiting.”
*6:158 After believing, the soul must grow and develop through the worship practices prescribed by God.
10:90 We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. Pharaoh and his troops pursued them, aggressively and sinfully. When drowning became a reality for him, he said, “I believe that there is no god except the One in whom the Children of Israel have believed; I am a submitter.”
“Too late!* For you have rebelled already, and chose to be a transgressor.