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Satan Instructs People in an Evil Form of Courage

open. They will say, "Alas for us! This is the Day of
Reckoning!" This is the Day of Decision you used to deny .
Assemble those who did wrong together with their associ -
ates and what they worshipped besides Allah, and guide
them to the Path of the Blazing Fire! And call them to a halt.
They will be asked: "Why are you not helping one an-
other?" No, today they come in absolute submission. (Surat
as-Saffat, 19-26)

False Courage Alienates People from their Conscience
False courage is something contrary to one's conscience.
Harassing people, committing crimes without remorse, heedlessly

t rouncing human rights, oppressing, stealing that which they have
accumulated with great effort, and leaving the needy to their own
devices, are all vices which result from it. While people re c o g n i z e
these things to be wrong according to their conscience, those who
fall prey to a false sense of superiority deny the voice of their own
conscience to commit these wrongs. The calm and cold-blooded be-
havior of these people is a characteristic that arises from the false self
confidence and false courage inspired in them by Satan.
None of such actions conform to the morality of the Qur'an.

They display a type of courage so lacking in intelligence that they
a re prone to levels of wickedness that harm even themselves. The
use of narcotics, joining criminal gangs, fighting, troublemaking and
rioting, are all examples of false courage. In ignorant societies, peo-
ple of this sort will find fame as "men of courage", or "desperadoes",
and, being consumed with pride, will persist in their evil ways.
Those who do not live by religious morality have a specific

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