Page 22 - Learning from the Qur'an
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The unbelievers prefer
           the life of this world to the hereafter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...302
           The unbelievers consider the blessings
           of this world a means of boasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....303
           The unbelievers ascribe their wealth and
           children as partners to Allah  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....303
           The unbelievers suppose their wealth will save
           them from punishment in the hereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....303
           The unbelievers will see that their wealth
           will not rescue them in the hereafter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....304
           Wealth has no merit in Allah's sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....304
           What unbelievers do in this world will come
           to nothing in the hereafter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....305
           THE PRAYERS OF THE BELIEVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
           SUPPLICATIONS OF BELIEVERS
           FROM ALLAH  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
           CONSCIENCE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
           The believers definitely follow the truth
           the moment they see it  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....317
           Some of the unbelievers deny the truth in spite
           of their certainty about it  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....317
           Believers act according to their consciences,
           even though it is against their desires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....318
           When they commit an error,
           they appeal to their consciences
           and ask forgiveness and do not insist on it  . . . . . . . . . . . .318
           The hearts of the unbelievers are hardened
           because they do not act according to
           their consciences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
           Every person has a mechanism of conscience
           within him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....319
           THE SELF  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
           The self is full of evil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
           It is predisposed to envy and selfish passions . . . . . . . . . .320
           Man is actually clear proof against himself  . . . . . . . . . . . .320
           The unbelievers are arrogant about themselves  . . . . . . . .320
           He knows his own errors and offers excuses . . . . . . . . . . .321
           Every soul is a pledge for man  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
           The believers forbid the lower self its appetites  . . . . . . . .321



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