The attitude of polytheists and believers towards good deeds and explanation of compensation for both groups

If We defer their punishment for a certain time, they will say: "What is keeping it back?" And yet, the day it comes, they will not be able to avert it; and what they used to laugh at will encompass them.

If We allow man to enjoy Our favours, and then take them away from him, he becomes despondent and ungrateful.

If We let him taste Our favours after adversity, he says: "Misfortune has left me," and begins to brag and exult,

Except those who endure with patience and do the right, who will have pardon and a great reward.