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FEAR OF ALLAH
reason to be honest; to serve others, to be just and honorable, in
short, to display good moral conduct. They are motivated exclu-
sively by individual ambition and personal benefit. To consider
benefiting others is irrelevant to them.
There is nothing people such as this would not do for their own
advantage. Because of their inability to acknowledge Allah's power,
the prospect of Allah's punishment does not serve as an incentive to
amend their ways. Since they have no fear of Allah or His punish-
ment, they do not adhere to any limits, they ignore Allah's prohibi-
tions, displaying an oppressive attitude towards people, and going
to excess in everything negative. Because they do not reflect on
Allah's might and His ability to avenge, they transgress Allah's
boundaries without a second thought.
It is for these reasons that those people who do not fear Allah are
open to committing every possible sin and moral degradation. They
do not adhere to morality of the Qur'an and through their oppres-
sive behavior, they deter other people from religion; they cannot
stand to see the implementation of religious standards of morality.
Without a doubt, the oppression practiced by these people will be
responded to in kind in the Hereafter. Allah informs us in the
Qur'an of these people and their demise:
Those who disbelieve and bar access to the Way of Allah
have gone very far astray. Allah will not forgive those who
disbelieve and do wrong or guide them on any path except
the path of Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever and
ever. That is easy for Allah. (Surat an-Nisa': 167-169)
Below, we will examine the distorted characteristics and peculi-
arities of the wrongdoers mentioned in the Qur'an who have no fear
of Allah.

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