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PASSIVITY IN RELIGION

is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. Whether they know it or not,
they too are in subject to Him; they cannot take even one step, or
speak a single word without His consent. Allah knows every
thought they think, everything they keep hidden or reveal, every
pain and anxiety they suffer, every inclination that comes into
their heart, every prayer they pronounce, every enjoyment they
experience, their every moment of happiness and peace, because
He created them all. As it says in verse 56 of Surah Hud, "…There
is no creature He does not hold by the forelock."
Allah informs us why these people pretend not to know this
truth:
They repudiated them wrongly and haughtily, in spite of
their own certainty about them. See the final fate of the
corrupters. (Surat an-Naml, 14)
In spite of the fact that Muslims are always inviting these peo-
ple to see the truth, they turn their faces away:
When Our signs are recited to such a person, he turns away
arrogantly as if he had not heard, as if there was a great
weight in his ears... (Surah Luqman, 7)
They so elevate themselves in their own eyes, that Allah calls
them arrogant and jealous of those who are sincere believers:
They said, "Are we to follow a human being, one of us?
Then we would truly be misguided, quite insane!" (Surat
al-Qamar, 24)
Those who want to make Muslims become passive are proud
and envious. As we have said from the beginning of this book,
they are individuals who harbor anger in their hearts against
Muslims, and who want to hinder every good to do. They become
frustrated when they see a Muslim's blessings increase; their jeal-
ousy reaches such a degree that it causes them real anxiety if a
Muslim beautifies his home, or increases in wealth. This increase
in blessings enjoyed by a Muslim so disturbs them that they even

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