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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

put my trust, and let all those who put their trust, put it in Him
alone.’ (Surah Yusuf, 67)

NEVER BEING SATISFIED WITH ONESELF
But as for him who is stingy and self-satisfied, and denies the Good,

We will pave his way to Difficulty. (Surat al-Layl, 8-10)
No indeed! Truly man is unbridled, seeing himself as self-suffi-
cient. (Surat al-Alaq, 6-7)
They allot to God what they themselves dislike and their tongues
frame the lie that they will receive the Best. There is no doubt at all
that they will receive the Fire and that they are people who go to

excess. (Surat an-Nahl, 62)
(Yusuf said,) ‘I do not say my self was free from blame. The self
indeed commands to evil acts–except for those my Lord has mercy
on. My Lord, He is Forgiving, Merciful.’ (Surah Yusuf, 53)
‘My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me.’
(Surat al-Qasas, 24)

IT IS GOD WHO TEACHES KNOWLEDGE.
REFRAIN FROM GIVING INTO IMPERTINENCE
BY GIVING CREDIT TO ONE’S SELF FOR BEING
KNOWLEDGEABLE
High exalted be God, the King, the Real! Do not rush ahead with
the Qur’an before its revelation to you is complete, and say: ‘My

Lord, increase me in knowledge.’ (Surah Ta Ha, 114)
He (Qarun) said, ‘I have only been given it because of knowledge
I have.’ Did he not know that before him God had destroyed gener-
ations with far greater strength than his and far more possessions?
The evildoers will not be questioned about their sins. (Surat al-
Qasas, 78)
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