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SENTIMENTALITY:
A DANGER THAT CAN LEAD
TO IDOLATRY
A s shown above, idolatry has no rational or
logical foundation. In fact, when people
begin to think clearly and use their reason
and conscience to reflect upon their surroundings, they
clearly see that there only Allah can exist. Nevertheless
some people, perhaps even the majority, do not reflect and
so act in the exact opposite manner.
Failing to abide by this truth, even though one has
accepted it rationally and logically, stems from various
emotional factors that impact on and smother one's reason
and logic. For the sake of brevity, we refer to this as senti-
mentality or romanticism.
People can only think and act correctly if they use their
reason. Allah describes in many verses of the Qur'an how
believers comprehended very important truths by using
their reason and that the idolaters and hypocrites always
found themselves in trouble because they never used their
reason. One of the most important reasons for this is that
they act only according to their emotions. Sentimentality,
which smothers reason, leaves people exposed to all of
