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Harun Yahya
                                     Harun Yahya








                 For example, someone pushes
            him out of the way in order to get on
            the bus first. A friend might say
            harsh things to him in anger. A
            careless driver of a passing car
            might cover him with mud from head to toe as he
            walks along the road. The possible examples could
            be multiplied. But a person who has espoused the
            teachings of the Qur'an will realise that all these
            things are created this way in his destiny and will never behave in an
            unseemly, irritated or peevish way. Of course, he will take every pre-

            caution against such a thing happening again, and will do everything
            he can to avoid things that cause irritation. According to the values
            taught in the Qur'an, even in the case when something happens that
            causes one harm, a person must be patient with others and if possible
            repay bad behaviour shown him with better. In the Qur'an, Allah
            draws our attention to the fact that, through their patience, believers
            can repel bad actions kindly:
                 A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad
                 with something better and, if there is enmity between you
                 and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. None
                 will obtain it but those who are truly steadfast. None will
                 obtain it but those who have great good fortune. (Surah
                 Fussilat: 34-35)


















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