If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

We have caused earthly things to seem attractive so that We can see who will excel in good deeds.

We have caused earthly things to seem attractive so that We can see who will excel in good deeds.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Iblis said, Lord, because you have caused me to go astray, I shall make earthly things attractive to (people) and mislead all of them

Iblis said, Lord, because you have caused me to go astray, I shall make earthly things attractive to (people) and mislead all of them

Life never ends but earthly life does.

Your honor and your reputation would outlive your earthly existence.

I thought, maybe there's some earthly basis for moral decisions.

Or, have they taken earthly gods who revive the dead?

Or, have they taken earthly gods who revive the dead?

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.

Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.

Have they taken earthly gods who are such that they raise up the dead to life?

Have they taken earthly gods who are such that they raise up the dead to life?

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

It is Allah Who has created the seven heavens, and seven earthly worlds like them the command descends within them, so that you may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah s knowledge encompasses everything.

It is Allah Who has created the seven heavens, and seven earthly worlds like them the command descends within them, so that you may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah s knowledge encompasses everything.

The answer, I think, is contained in this incredible triptych from Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights.

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

For the ancient Egyptians the lap was a platform upon which to place the earthly possessions of the dead 30 cubits from foot to knee.

He said verily I have loved the love of earthly good above the remembrance of my Lord until the sun hath disappeared behind the veil.

He said verily I have loved the love of earthly good above the remembrance of my Lord until the sun hath disappeared behind the veil.

And only He is the God of the heavenly creation and the God of the earthly creation and He only is the Wise, the All Knowing.

And only He is the God of the heavenly creation and the God of the earthly creation and He only is the Wise, the All Knowing.

But they are succeeded by a generation who neglect their devotional obligations and follow only earthly pleasures but they will reach the wrong road and meet destruction,

But they are succeeded by a generation who neglect their devotional obligations and follow only earthly pleasures but they will reach the wrong road and meet destruction,

Upon the Day when the unbelievers are brought before the Fire, (We shall say to them) 'You squandered your good things in your earthly life and took your fill of enjoyment in them, therefore today you shall be recompensed with a humiliating punishment, because you were unrightfully proud in the earth and for that you were debauchers'

Upon the Day when the unbelievers are brought before the Fire, (We shall say to them) 'You squandered your good things in your earthly life and took your fill of enjoyment in them, therefore today you shall be recompensed with a humiliating punishment, because you were unrightfully proud in the earth and for that you were debauchers'

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

He that cometh from above is above all he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth he that cometh from heaven is above all.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

He that cometh from above is above all he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth he that cometh from heaven is above all.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.