Page 114 - Communication and Argument in the Qur'an

112 COMMUNICATION AND ARGUMENT IN THE QUR’AN

warning and do not argue with each other, thus protecting
themselves from this satanic habit.

Believers consider arguing to be a tedious activity;
unbelievers are seduced by satan’s making their
actions seem good: “Satan has made their actions
seem good to them and debarred them from the Way,
so they are not guided (Surat an-Naml: 24).
He makes them want to argue constantly, for this gives
them great pleasure. In fact, they regard it as normal and
right.
We can see this every day among people. The basic
similarity between all of these arguments, regardless of
when or where they occur, is that they end with no con-
crete result. Someone who has only a little knowledge and
has not read a single book about Allah presumes to argue
about Him. Others deliberately engage in argument to
keep others from following the true path. Now we will look
at such arguments in the Qur’an and examine the charac-
ters of those who engage in it.