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their own ideas, but the religious morality established by
Allah, Who has created everything from nothing and has
told everyone to practice religious morality.
But the unbelievers are most often not aware that the
person talking with them is a believer. And even if they are,
they would not know that nothing is expected in return. For
this reason, when a believer starts talking with them about
the Qur’an’s moral teachings, they will most likely ask
themselves what the underlying expectations are. Given
this reality, the believers must remove such unfounded
suspicions from the unbelievers’ minds before talking with
them about Islam. The unbelievers must understand that
the believers’ goal is not to gain any advantage, but only to
please Allah. The prophets and messengers did this when
they communicated Allah’s religion to others. When we
consider their words, as recorded in the Qur’an, we see
that they first emphasized that they are trustworthy:
And to ‘Ad We sent their brother Hud. He said: “O my
people, worship Allah. You have no deity apart from
Him. You are merely fabricators. O my people, I do not
ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsi-
bility of Him who brought me into being. So will you not
use your intellect?” (Surah Hud: 50-51)
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... “O my people, what do you think? If I were to have
clear evidence from my Lord and He had given me a
mercy direct from Him, but you were blind to it, could
we force it on you if you were unwilling? O my people,
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