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THE ALLIANCE OF THE GOOD

disaffection, hatred, mercilessness, injustice, poverty, gossip,
everything that upsets, annoys and distresses people, lies this
concerted alliance of the evil.
The good and conscientious should never remain
indifferent to this ever-present menace. If this evil moves you

at all and you hope for a trouble-free world, then you are
evidently a person of conscience. Thus, before vice takes hold
of you and blunts your conscience, you should ally yourself
with the good, and for the rest of your life, devote all your
efforts to this cause. Never forget that turning a blind eye to
oppression and watching from the sidelines is oppression.
No one should muffle his own voice with the excuse:
"will my effort be of any help?", because it is one's inner
intentions and sincere efforts which ultimately make the
difference. One's efforts to join forces with the good and
strive for what is right will be rendered by God a means to
abolish all this wickedness and the alliance the evil
endeavour to establish. In a verse of the Qur'an, God stresses
the necessity for the existence of people who will prevent the
harm of evil on earth:
Why were there not, among the generations before you,
persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting

(men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among
them whom We saved (from harm)? Those who did
wrong gladly pursued the life of luxury that they were
given and were evildoers. (Surah Hud: 116)
This book is a call to those who want goodness to prevail,
bidding them to engage in good deeds and ally with the
good. However, this call is not made to someone or some
people somewhere out there; but directly concerns you. Even