Page 71 - The Moral Values of the Qur'an

getting closer to Allah and serving His cause. If this
tool ever turns into his aim—which is indeed true of
the unbelievers — he will soon find himself in great
danger.
Believers live for only one cause; and that is to
serve Allah, and for this they have abandoned the
world. Allah explains this as:

“Allah has purchased of the believers their persons and
their properties; for theirs (in return) is the garden
(ofParadise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain:
a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Torah, the
Gospel, and the Qur’an: and who is more faithful to his
covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which you
have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.” (Surat
at-Tawba, 9:111)

The believers have sold their lives and goods to
Allah and have no further title to them. Their entire
lives are conducted in the way that Allah commands.
If Allah offers them a blessing, they are grateful to
Him, and when He commands them to strive in His
cause, they do not feel a moment’s hesitancy, even if
they know that they are going to their deaths.

Such believers do not shirk any form of self-
sacrifice and nothing on earth can prevent them from
struggling for Allah’s cause. They are able to leave

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