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How Do They Aim to Demoralize Muslims?

tragedy. However, aware that a seemingly adverse situation may ulti-
mately be good, just as apparently favorable situations may be bad,
Muslims believe that, no matter how difficult these may seem, all is cre-
ated by Allah, according to a divine plan. They submit themselves to
their destiny, and lead a life purified of all mundane concerns. In com-
pliance with the verse, "… Allah always confounds the schemes of the
disbelievers." (Surat al-Anfal, 18) they know that all plots hatched with
the aim of misleading them into passivity are doomed to failure.

They Try to Wreak the Enthusiasm of the Believers
through Scaremongering
Another characteristic of those who are reluctant to live by religious
values, and who strive to mislead the believers into laxity, is their nega-
tivity in talking. Aperson, however, who has well grasped the values of
Islam, and incorporated the Qur'anic mentality into his life, never
thinks negatively nor despairs of Allah's mercy. This is an important
quality of the believers, as stated in the Qur'an:
… Do not despair of solace from Allah. No one despairs of solace
from Allah except for people who disbelieve. (Surah Yusuf, 87)
Say: "My servants, you who have transgressed against your-
selves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Truly Allah for-
gives all wrong actions. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Merciful." (Surat az-Zumar, 53)
Hopelessness is a trait peculiar to unbelievers, one which weakens
them both materially and spiritually, deprives them of their zeal and
enthusiasm, and diverts them into pessimism and malcontent. As well
as being sinking into despondency themselves, those who advocate
passivity in the religion try also to make other Muslims lose their hope
and enthusiasm. However, they are never able to grasp why the
Muslims see good in all that happens.
They can never understand that what they view as distressing may

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