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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

may achieve full strength, then so you may become old men–
though some of you may die before that time–so that you may
reach a predetermined age and so that hopefully you will use your
intellect. (Surah Ghafir, 67)

As for those who call out to you from outside your private quarters,
most of them do not use their intellect. (Surat al-Hujurat, 4)
Know that God brings the earth to life after it was dead. We have
made the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your
intellect. (Surat al-Hadid, 17)

If their turning away is hard on you, then go down a tunnel deep
into the earth, if you can, or climb up a ladder into heaven, and
bring them a Sign. If God had wanted to He would have gathered
them all to guidance. So do not be among the ignorant. (Surat al-
An’am, 35)

APPROACHING ANY SITUATION RATIONALLY
RATHER THAN SENTIMENTALLY
Ibrahim would not have asked forgiveness for his father but for a
promise he made to him, and when it became clear to him that
he was an enemy of God, he renounced him. Ibrahim was ten-
der-hearted and forbearing. (Surat at-Tawba, 114)
Do not let those who rush headlong into disbelief sadden you.

They do not harm God in any way. God desires to assign no por-
tion to them in the hereafter. They will have a terrible punishment.
(Surah Al ‘Imran, 176)
Do not grieve over them and do not let the plots they make dis-
tress you. (Surat an-Naml, 70)
And Dhu’n-Nun when he left in anger and thought We would not

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