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The Intricacies of the Evil's Alliance

has certain stipulations or a price in mind in joining the
alliance. If they feel their personal interests are at stake, they
lose no time in breaking with the alliance. That is because this
alliance is not established on just grounds, but on falsehood.
Every individual who does not believe in God and the

hereafter, who has no fear for God and does not guard
against evil, is afflicted with certain weaknesses, which the
leaders of the evil take advantage of in every way they can,
and which they use to gain further supporters.
Also, in our day, promises of money, property, fame or
status, are sufficient to convince most people to take action
against the good. Accordingly, unless he has fear for God, a
person who is offered such promises will readily become so
cruel as to make up slanderous accusations or tell lies about
an innocent and pure person whom he has never met.
Contrarily, those individuals who side with the good only
seek the mercy, consent and paradise of God. This alliance is
formed according to the one and only just path of God, and
those who are truly good never demand a "price". No
worldly gain can divert them from doing what is right. In this
regard, believers are following the messengers' examples. In
the Qur'an, the messengers addressed their people as
follows:

My people! I do not ask you for any wage for it. My
wage is the responsibility of Him who brought me into
being. So will you not use your intellect? (Surah Hud:
51)