Page 48 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

SATAN'S SLY GAME:
THE FALSE RELIGION OF PEOPLE-WORSHIP

foolishness, propose false facts and reasoning to justify their re-
jection of true religion:

Do they then seek the judgment of the Time of
Ignorance? Who could be better at giving judgment than
Allah for people with certainty? (Surat al-Ma'ida, 50)
In this section, we will look at the falsehoods put forward
by those who practice the superstitious "worship" of people in-
stead of living according to the religion that Allah has revealed.
Some of these distorted ideas include:

The Error of the "Facts of Life"
Allah wants people to live every moment of their lives ac-
cording to the laws, commandments and prohibitions He told us
in the Qur’an . The Qur'an is a guide that lets human beings dis-
tinguish between right and wrong, appropriate and inappropri-
ate behavior, and those acts that please Allah and those that
don't. For these reasons, Allah commands people in Surat al-
An’am, to follow this Holy Book:
And this is a Book We have sent down and blessed, so
follow it and fear Allah so that hopefully you will gain
mercy. (Surat al-An'am, 155)
But the majority does not organize its lives according to the
edicts of the Qur'an or its moral precepts. They do not even con-
sider that they should follow a book containing Allah's com-
mandments. They do not understand how important religious
morality and the Qur'an are, for their entire lives. They are de-
luded to assume that the morality of religion can offer occa-
sional guidance in some limited areas of life. Apart from times of
worry and distress, moments of great danger, serious pain, dis-

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