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religion will be on the true path, whereas others will go astray.
He whose breast is opened to Islam is therefore illumi-
nated by his Lord. Woe to those whose hearts are hard-
ened against the remembrance of Allah! Such people
are clearly misguided. (Surat az-Zumar: 22)

7. How does one live one’s religion (deen)?

People who believe in Allah, and who humbly obey Him,
organize their lives in accordance with Allah’s recommenda-
tions in the Qur’an. He who lives the religion leads his life,
complying with the right things his conscience inspires in him
and abandoning everything bad that his self, the negative
voice within him, orders. Allah states in the Qur’an that He
created men with the predisposition to live their religion:
Therefore, stand firm in your devotion to the true Faith,
the upright Faith which Allah created for man to
embrace. There is no changing Allah’s creation. That is
the true Faith, although most people may not know it.
(Surat ar-Rum: 30)

8. How can there be morals without religion?
In societies where there is no religion, people become
predisposed to commit all kinds of immoral acts. For
instance, a religious person would never take a bribe, gamble,
feel envy, or lie because he would know that he would have to
account for these actions in the hereafter. Yet, an irreligious
person is prone to doing all these things. It is not enough for
a man to say, “I am an atheist but I don’t take bribes”, or “I am
an atheist but I don’t gamble”, because a man who does not
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