It would be impossible (a) —----- us to continue living in this world if each of us knew exactly what fate had (b) —------ store for us. So, Allah in His mercy conceals the future (c) —----- all His creatures and reveals only the present. He hides from the animals what men know, and He hides from men what the angels know. For example, if a lamb had reason (d) ------- a man, it could not gamble happily knowing it was destined to be killed (e) —------ human food. But being quite ignorant (f) —----- its fate, it is happy to the last moment of its short life contentedly grazing (g) —------ the flowery meadow, and even in its innocence licks the hands (h) —------ the butcher who is about to slaughter it. What a blessing, it is that we are ignorant (i) —------- the future! Allah, to whom the death of a sparrow is of equal importance with the death of a hero, has, in His mercy, thus limited our knowledge so that we might fulfill our duty in the sphere (j)