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Zeal and Enthusiasm Described in the Qur’an

of happenings around him may cause him, in time, to lose his sen-
sitivity of conscience and heart entirely. Therefore, he must hasten
to avoid such a condition:
"Has the time not come for those who have believed that
their hearts should become humbly submissive at the re-
membrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth?
And let them not be like those who were given the
Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so
their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly dis-
obedient." 133

In another verse also Allah warns about the hardening of
hearts:
"Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like
stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from
which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that
split open and water comes out, and there are some of
them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not un-
aware of what you do." 134
In the above verse Allah has given an example of stones from
which water emerges and others that crash down from fear of Him.

Fear of Allah, as this example reveals, will render unenthusiastic
people zealous and lead them to adopt the good values enabling
them to compete in righteousness for the sake of Allah.

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