18:1
Bread becomes scarce while weapons multiply. Those controlling storehouses demand submission from the hungry.
18:2
False messengers promise immediate rescue and use sacred words to gather wealth and obedience.
18:3
Those who keep the qyama are tested by deprivation, terror, and counterfeit wonder rather than by argument alone.
18:4
The faithful are told to preserve discernment, mutual care, and the commands they received. 7