Page 70 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

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

All these acts are laudable, of course, but it must be remem-
bered that they are "good" only if performed to earn Allah's
favor. If done to bring an individual praise or appreciation, to
make him appear good, generous and just, they will bring him
no benefit beyond a small worldly gain. If conditions grow bad
for him, or if acting good-natured turns to his disadvantage, he
can immediately give up being "good." But things done to gain
Allah's approval are permanent and enduring, because they are
done unconditionally.
Moreover, it is very easy for anyone to turn from his error
and change his intentions. An individual who realizes that "peo-
ple worship" brings him nothing but harm must simply repent
and intend to seek Allah's favor. This decision takes only a mo-
ment and from that moment, all the good things a person does
with good intent hardly count for nothing, but are written in
Allah's Sight to be rewarded. The important thing is, that person
fears Allah and strives to do His will.
It's very important to recognize the power of Allah and to
fear Him as one should, because when a person does not fear
Allah, it is not clear how he will act or what kind of decisions he
will make. If he requires rewards for doing good, he becomes in-
stantly ill-natured. It does not occur to him that his behavior will
receive punishment from Allah. He may exhibit one character
one week and a wholly different one the next. According to the
laws of people-worship, he may return evil for evil and injustice
for injustice. He also begins to apply the merciless laws of the su-
perstitious religion he believes in. And because, as we said be-
fore, the so-called deities this superstitious religion worships are
only human beings (Allah is beyond that), his human conscience
functions accordingly. For this reason, he gives no importance to

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