Page 57 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a pro-
tector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper’?" 68

In this verse Allah draws attention to the situation of people who
are oppressed and wait for a supporter or an ally. In compliance
with this verse protecting innocent people who are unable to stand
up for their own rights, helping them and ensuring their safety is a
responsibility upon believers.
Believers aware of their responsibilities feel a great desire and
eagerness to save people who are oppressed only because they

believe in Allah. They have conscience and a precise understand-
ing of justice, so they never condone the oppression of innocent
people; rather, they provide them with material and moral support.
For this cause their zeal and enthusiasm gives them great courage
and strength.
Allah also holds believers responsible for struggling against evil
and preventing it, which adds to their enthusiasm. Striving against
evil, wiping out tyranny from the earth, and establishing peace and
welfare are among the greatest and most honorable services that

can be rendered for humanity. The importance of fulfilling the duty
of forbidding evil is stated in the Qur’an:
"And when they forgot that by which they had been re-
minded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized
those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because
they were defiantly disobeying." 69
In the Qur’an many prophets are cited for their zeal and deter-
mination in guarding the righteous and struggling against evil. The
Prophet Moses (as), for instance, strove hard to save the Children

of Israel from Pharaoh’s tyranny. Pharaoh, introduced in the Qur’an
as "haughty within the land and of the transgressors," 70 en-

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