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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

delude you and do not let the Deluder delude you about God.
(Surah Fatir, 5)
Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain

of them to enjoy... (Surah Ta Ha, 131)
So turn away from him who turns away from Our remembrance
and desires nothing but the life of this world. (Surat al-Najm, 29)
Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morn-
ing and evening, desiring His face. Do not turn your eyes from
them, desiring the attractions of this world. And do not obey

someone whose heart We have made neglectful of Our remem-
brance and who follows his own whims and desires and whose life
has transgressed all bounds. (Surat al-Kahf, 28)
Do not let their wealth and children impress you. God merely
wants to punish them by them during their life in this world and
for them to expire while they are disbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba, 55)
Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain
of them to enjoy. Do not feel sad concerning them. And take the

believers under your wing. (Surat al-Hijr, 88)
And what of him the evil of whose actions appears fine to him so
that he sees them as good? God misguides whoever He wills and
guides whoever He wills. So do not let yourself waste away out of
regret for them. God knows what they do. (Surah Fatir, 8)
You who believe! Do not let your wealth or children divert you

from the remembrance of God. Whoever does that is lost. (Surat
al-Munafiqun, 9)
Mankind! Have fear of your Lord and fear a day when no father will
be able to atone for his son, or son for his father, in any way. God’s
promise is true. So do not let the life of this world delude you and

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