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Conclusion: Alliance With the Good Must Not be Delayed

good should initiate an all-out resistance, without losing any
time groping for the proper conditions, and bothering about
what others are saying. In their endeavour, they should be
prepared for all the hardship they are likely to face, join
forces together with the zeal they derive from their faith, and
resist evil with all the power they have.
Today is not the time to look for the mistakes of others or
to to look down on others due to their inadequacies. On the
contrary, everyone who calls himself a "Muslim" and says "I
am a conscientious and good person" should come together
and avoid all forms of conduct which would strengthen and
encourage the evil.
Postponing the formation of this alliance, or waiting for
others to take the initiative, is simply abandoning the
oppressed to the cruelty of the evil.
All conscientious people should do their best to live in a
world where people approach one another with an amicable
and friendly manner, and correct one another's errors with
kindness, and where peace, compassion, tolerance,
happiness and abundance, in short, where the moral values
of the Qur'an pervade. If we conduct ourselves with these
principles in mind, our Lord, having infinitive mercy and
compassion, will grant us bliss. For this reason, everyone
must ally themselves to those who have devoted their entire
lives to goodness. We must also remember, that in Surat as-
Saff, verse 4, God commands Muslims to be like "well-built
walls."