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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

teach people proper moral values and to turn them away
from evil. In doing this, a Muslim must train his own lower self in
the direction of moral virtue and train himself to be someone far
removed from rage and hatred. In other words, what a Muslim
engaged in jihad must do is to train himself on the one hand, and
strive to teach people truth and goodness on the other. He must be a

role model with his own moral values in order to spread love, peace
and affection and to turn people away from evil.

The word "jahd" is never used in any other sense in the Qur'an.
Now let's see the verses in question to better understand the mean-
ing and context of the word:

An Examination of Verse 95 of Surat an-Nisa'

Those believers who stay behind – other than those forced to by
necessity – are not the same as those who struggle in the Way of
God, sacrificing their wealth and themselves. God has given
those who struggle with their wealth and themselves a higher
rank than those who stay behind. God has promised the Best to
both, but God has preferred those who struggle over those who
stay behind by an immense reward. (Qur'an, 4:95)
This verse describes the difference between those who put all
their resources to use and engage in "jihad", in other words, making

an effort to spread good and peace around the world, and those who
put their comfort and interests before everything else, despite all the
injustice, unfairness, poverty, starvation and wars going on in the
world. God promises that He will in the best way reward all believ-
ers who engage in good deeds. For this reason, all believers will be

beautifully rewarded by God but those believers who devote their
entire lives to God will be superior in God's Sight. Striving in the
way of God, with wealth and oneself, means sacrificing one's own

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