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THE COURAGE OF THE FA I T H F U L

out a troubled conscience, and without consideration for the out-
come. The Qur'an relates the following with re g a rd to those who
demonstrate false courage:
They say, "The All-Merciful has a son."
They have devised a monstrous thing.
The heavens are all but rent apart and the Earth split open

and the mountains brought crashing down, at their ascrip -
tion of a son to the All-Merciful!
It is not fitting for the All-Merciful to have a son.
There is no one in the heavens and Earth who will not come
to the All-Merciful as a servant.
He has counted them and numbered them precisely .
Each of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection

all alone. (Surah Maryam, 88-95)
A believer fears (and re s p e c t s ) Allah and carefully re s i s t s
falling into any form of immorality, or failing to praise the bound-
less power of Allah. He bears in mind that Allah will call on him to
render account in the Here a f t e r, and that, if he is in any way im-
moral, or fails to praise Allah adequately, he will be called to ac-
count for it. Those who do not fear Allah show false courage, it
being an example of the base morality of Satan's influence.
T h e re are many duped by the notion of false courage. Those

who have no fear of Allah, and who do not live in accordance with
the morality of the Qur'an, are devoid of feelings of respect towards
others, as of mercy, compassion and humanity, and are prone to evil
tendencies. Examples of this sort of evil is recognizable in every
class of society, from businessmen to street kids, and diverse cul-
tural backgrounds. Though they comprise different segments of the

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