—he may embrace Islam, but Allah will not accept his submission; and the flagrant sinner may repent, but his repentance will not be accepted.

The emergence of the Beast of the Earth from its appointed place:

Allah the Exalted says, “When the sentence is passed against them, We shall bring forth for them a beast from the earth that will speak to them, for people were not convinced by Our signs” (Q 27:82). This beast will appear and brand both the believer and the unbeliever, placing on each a mark by which people will recognize one another, so that they address each other, one saying, “O Muslim!” and another saying, “O unbeliever!” The words “will speak to them” mean that it will address them with speech that breaks the normal order of creation. No sound report pinpoints the exact spot from which it will emerge; nevertheless, we believe that it will come forth from the place known to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, as He said: “We shall bring forth for them a beast from the earth that will speak to them” (Q 27:82).

The author has already discussed saintly marvels (karamāt), set the criterion for them, and affirmed that they are an established reality. Yet it is impermissible to rely on them or to imagine that the saints occupy a rank at which they may be invoked alongside Allah, as do the grave-worshippers and devotees of superstition who cling to the saints and the righteous because of such extraordinary occurrences.

We do not believe a soothsayer or a fortune-teller:

His statement clarifies the difference between a karāmah and soothsaying, divination, sorcery, trickery, and astrology. The feats found among soothsayers and fortune-tellers are satanic wonders and acts