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She gives her full attention to every matter in her daily life, because
she knows that the truly important thing is to win Allah's good pleasure,
live the Qur'an's morality, and spread this morality in order to bring true

contentment and happiness to all others. For this reason, she acts in the
knowledge that what she encounters each day is not so important when
put into the overall context of what she was created to do.

Muslim Women Are Dignified

... And the soul and what proportioned and inspired it with depravity or
heedfulness; he who purifies it has succeeded, he who covers it up has
failed. (Surat ash-Shams: 7-10)
The above verses warn people about the selfish ego that, when not
brought under control, will lead them to limitless evil. A person's fear
and respect of Allah, as well as his or her belief in the Hereafter, gives
each person the strength and reason to resist these temptations.
Without this awareness, people will follow their desires and not
worry about their meeting with Allah in the Hereafter, where they will
be held accountable for their deeds. If his ego demands anger, jealousy,
or ill-treatment of someone else, he will indulge it. If her selfish ego en-
courages her to vent her anger or jealous frustration with

insinuations, mockery, slander, lies, conspiracies, or
hypocritical behavior, she will oblige it without giv-
ing it a second thought. Such people will commit all
of these sins without reservation, because they be-
lieve that they will never have to account for their
deeds.
Allah, however, reveals that all of these activities
are unconstrained evils called for by the selfish ego.
When people act on these impulses, things just get

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)