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

Allah will vindicate those who stand up for Him, no matter how
few their numbers may seem. In the face of all the pressures they
are subjected to, He will give them determination and resilience.
In the Qur'an Allah speaks of the warnings that some
prophets gave to prevent the societies in which they lived from
living perverse, immoderate lives. Members of these societies
disregarded the prophets, undertook to undermine their power
and vigor, and finally expelled them. But on devout Muslims of
course, this kind of opposition has never had an adverse effect...
For example, when the Prophet Shelah (pbuh) tried to get peo-
ple to abandon their false religion, he received the following re-
action:
They said, "Shelah, we had great hopes in you before
this happened. Do you forbid us to worship what our
fathers worshipped? We have grave doubts about what
you are calling us to." (Surah Hud, 62)
This is the determined answer that the Prophet Shelah
(pbuh) gave to the people:
He [Shelah] said, "My people! What do you think? If I
were to possess a Clear Sign against Allah if I dis-
obeyed Him? You would not increase me in anything
but loss." (Surah Hud, 63)
Never forget, sometimes people cannot see facts that are
very plain. Because they've been conditioned by the laws of their
societies and have lived according to these laws for a very long
time—like the Prophet Shelah’s (pbuh) people—they do not
want to upset their accustomed superstitious order. As a result,
even though they see the great dangers to which their unseemly
moral character exposes them, still they continually prefer what

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