Page 54 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

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

As it is stated in the verse, Allah commands people not to
follow the unjust majority or obey the fanciful rules they make
up. He tells them that their only way to salvation is via the
Qur'an and its ordinances.
But the great majority of people feel obliged to conform to
the majority's lifestyle, even if it does not fit with their con-
science. As members of society, they feel this is their duty; that
since they live in a particular society, they are bound to follow
its laws and the way of life it prescribes as if it were a command-
ment of a true religion.
These people, who fail to appreciate the real essence of the
morality of religion, believe that apart from the commands of
Allah, there are rules that everyone must obey—because man is
a social creature. According to their own rationale, they assume
that their most important duty is to please others. For this rea-
son, they cannot escape the fruitless circular reasoning of "What
do others say? What do they think? I hope they speak well of me
and see me as intelligent, rich and generous. I don't want anyone
to say or think ill of me."
However, the way most people live, the artificial rules they
have invented and structures they've set up do not lead to truth.
On the contrary, Allah tells us in the Qur'an that conforming to
the majority is a danger that threatens to divert one from the
right path:
If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would mis-
guide you from Allah's Way. They follow nothing but
conjecture. They are only guessing. (Surat al-An'am, 116)
As a result, the majority chooses a way of life at odds with
the Qur'an's moral teachings: They are sarcastic and cruel to oth-

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