for which He created creation is praiseworthy in Allah’s sight. It is what endures for the one who does it and through which Allah benefits him. These deeds are the enduring righteous deeds. Accordingly, people fall into four categories:

Those who act for Allah’s sake with courage and generosity: these are the believers who deserve Paradise.

Those who act for other than Allah’s sake with courage and generosity: they benefit from this in this world, but have no share in the Hereafter.

Those who act for Allah’s sake, but without courage or generosity: their hypocrisy and deficiency in faith are proportionate to that shortcoming.

Those who neither act for Allah’s sake nor possess courage or generosity: they have neither this world nor the Hereafter.

The believer needs these qualities and deeds generally, and particularly in times of severe trials and tribulations, for believers need