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of the Fact that Disbelief is the

Source of All Wickedness

hose who have faith in the existence of Allah proceed on His path
all through their lives. They meticulously obey His commands and
spend their lives in the way of Allah. For this end, believers adopt
Islam, the religion Allah perfected for man, and adhere to the Qur'an as a
guide to the true path, taking the high manners of our Prophet (saas) re-
counted in the Qur'an as an example for themselves. Trying to follow the
noble examples related in the Qur'an, their conscience leads them to strive
with good character at every moment of their lives.
Those who insist on denying the existence of Allah, or who simply
reject surrendering themselves to Allah and practising His religion fail to
attain the standard of the religion of Allah since they never grasp the
beauties and good aspects of the values encouraged by the Qur'an. That
is why a community of disbelievers consists of people who live properly
and decently not for the good pleasure of Allah but for the approval of
other people, and others who dare to live immorally without considering
its consequences.
Telling lies, taking bribes, murder, suicide, gambling, violating the
rights of others or committing injustices are the misdeeds readily com-
mitted by people having no fear of Allah. They do them either openly or
by legal subterfuges. They cannot keep their rage under control, are in-
herently jealous and ambitious and easily hurt others by the way they
speak. They are not self-sacrificing and are dominated by selfish desires