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Islam and will settle faith in his or her heart. Accordingly,
Allah states in the Qur’an that Muslims communicate the reli-
gion, but only He guides the person:
You cannot guide those you would like to, but Allah
guides those whom He wills. He has best knowledge of
the guided. (Surat al-Qasas, 56)

28. Can a Muslim live in isolation from

other Muslims?
As long as they do not have sound reasons for being alone,
Muslims should live with other Muslims in order to exhibit
good morals, generosity, submissiveness to advice, humble-
ness, love, and loyalty. The believers should be together, be-
cause they cannot be loyal to those who are irreligious, yield to
the unbelievers’ conduct, be submissive to unbelievers or re-
member Allah with unbelievers. Therefore, the believers must
be with other believers in order to live the Qur’anic lifestyle.
Besides this, the believers have to spread the morals of
Islam among people so that everyone can live by them, since
this is one of the responsibilities that Allah has given to the be-
lievers. Such a responsibility requires that the believers sup-
port each other as much as possible, for Allah commands
them to act "in ranks like well-built walls." (Surat as-Saff, 4)
In addition, the believers can be at ease only when they
are with other believers who live by the Qur’an’s morals. They
find pleasure only in the friendship of people who have taken
Allah as their Friend. They would like to see people with
good morals, who are deeply devoted to Allah, and would

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