Page 19 - Learning from the Qur'an

They think simply and superficially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
They esteem worthless things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
They take their whims and desires as their god . . . . . . . .227
They are addicted to their appetites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
They are in horror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
They run away from those who have faith . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
They are distressed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
They are in a permanent doubt and anxiety . . . . . . . . . . .228
They immediately fall into despair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
They are in discord even among themselves . . . . . . . . . . .229
They lead each other to Hell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
They try to defame the believers with calumnies . . . . . . .231
They are arrogant and spoilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
They do not accept their helplessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
They are unclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
They are ungrateful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
They are never satisfied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
They are squanderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
They are parsimonious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
They do not help the poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
They consume people's wealth
by wrongful means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
They like to show off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
They are boastful of their wealth and power . . . . . . . . . . .235
They trust in their wealth and
their being the majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
They honour only those with wealth and power . . . . . . .236
They take the side of the powerful,
not of the righteous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
They take each other as friends and intimates . . . . . . . . .237
They deviate by saying the same thing
as previous peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
They are friends of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
They can marry only each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
They do not care for women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
All their actions in the life of this
world will come to nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
They will receive punishment both
in the life of this world
and in the hereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

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