Living The Quran
From Issue: 603 [Read full issue]
Faith in Action
Al-Baqarah (The Cow) Chapter 2: Verse 143 (partial)
"God will never let your faith go to waste."
This sentence has usually been interpreted to mean: "God will never let the Prayers you did turning to the Bayt al-Maqdis go to waste." However, it also conveys more general and important truths, such as:
- Faith cannot be separated from action. One's way of life and acting demonstrate whether one is a believer or not.
- The Prayer has an essential relation with faith. The Prayer, together with the intention in it and the way of doing it, is a definite sign of the character and depth of one's faith.
- Good deeds or actions done only for the good pleasure of God and based on faith will profit in the Hereafter. Whatever is done as a requirement of faith never goes to waste provided one preserves one's faith and goes to the other world with that faith strong and intact.
Compiled From:
"The Quran: Annotated Interpretation in Modern English" - Ali Unal, pp. 73