Confronted as he is, then, with this strange, awesome,terrifying matter, if wretched man-and especially if he is a Muslim-does notbelieve and worship, is he able to banish the grievous pain arising from theanxiety he suffers as he all the time awaits his turn to be summoned to thosegallows, ever-present before his eyes, even if he is given rule over the wholeworld together with all its pleasures?