Page 31 - Passivity in Religion

What the Passive Aim to Do Among the Muslims

their immorality. In this way, they try to demoralize the Muslims, and
impress those of poor faith with their wicked insinuations, and draw
them nearer to themselves. However, Allah informs us that these ef-
forts will never prove successful:
Those who disbelieve and obstruct the way of Allah and are
entrenched in hostility towards the messenger after the guid-
ance has become clear to them, do not harm Allah in any way
and He makes their actions come to nothing. (Surah
Muhammad, 32)

They Desire for Ignorance to Take Hold
of Muslim Society

Those who aim to lead a life far from the religion, yet among
Muslims, harbor a perverted understanding of the religion, far re-
moved from the original religion Allah revealed to mankind. This de-
viant interpretation of the religion, which includes the observable acts
of worship, is entirely stripped of the Qur'an's true morality. However
as the verse, "Say: 'My prayer and my rites, my living and my dying,
are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds'" (Surat al-An‘am, 162)
states, every moment of a Muslim's life is lived in accordance with
Allah's commands. In other words, the morality of religion permeates
a believer's life.
Those who are passive, on the other hand, utterly disregard the
moral principles that make up the essence of religion, while to some
extent fulfilling the observable acts of worship. They base their judg-
ments on this errant thinking, rather than Allah's consent and the
Qur'an's morality. They determine events according to the criteria of
those ignorant of religion. The condition of such people is described in
the Qur'an as follows:
Do they then seek the judgment of the time of ignorance? Who

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