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Zeal and Enthusiasm Described in the Qur’an

certainty. Aware of this fact, believers do not feel frustrated; on the
contrary, they feel more committed to struggle for the interests of
Islam since other people do not serve religion and do not put forth
any effort to spread the values of the Qur’an. They become more
determined to remind them of Qur’anic values and to live by the
principles of Islam in the best way.

A great Islamic scholar, Said Nursi, also known as
Bediüzzaman (Wonder of the Age), expressed how people who
exert sincere effort for the acceptance of Allah approach unenthu-
siastic people: "Weak-heartedness and the withdrawal of others
becomes a cause that augments the zeal and efforts of sincere be-
lievers because they hold themselves responsible for the duties of
those who have withdrawn." 58

Bediüzzaman observed that every time sincere believers see
how those in whose hearts is a disease evade the service of Islam,
they embrace the religion with added commitment. The indiffer-
ence of unenthusiastic people toward adhering to the values of the
Qur’an and toward communicating them reminds believers of their
own great responsibility. Other people’s unwillingness to adopt
good values becomes a cause for believers to conduct themselves
even better. In contrast to the non-adherence of those who have
no certainty about Allah and His messengers, believers display an

exemplary obedience, which says "we hear and we obey."
Those who have not truly adopted faith in their hearts unwit-
tingly contribute to the development of believers in many ways. In
no way, however, can they instill their indifference into the hearts
of believers because believers derive their zeal and faith from their
relationship with Allah rather than the attitude of people surround-
ing them. Whether or not believers witness such people’s indiffer-

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