Page 155 - Communication and Argument in the Qur'an

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It has been sent down to you in the Book that, when
you hear Allah’s Signs being rejected and mocked at
by people, you must not sit with them until they start
talking of other things. If you do, you are just the same
as them. Allah will gather all the hypocrites and unbe-
lievers into Hell. (Surat an-Nisa’: 140)
Making jokes about religion and sacred things, telling
amusing stories, giving inappropriate explanations, and
relating anecdotes about Paradise and Hell are kinds of
anti-religious propaganda. All Muslims must avoid taking
part in such things, for Allah says that only people without
faith indulge in them:
If you ask them, they will say: “We were only joking
and playing around.” Say: “Would you make a mockery
of Allah and of His Signs and of His Messenger?”
(Surat at-Tawba: 65)
Thus, Muslims must carefully avoid such situations and
react sharply to those who make such comments. This
reaction is in keeping with the Qur’an’s moral teachings.

Giving the best response
Believers live according to the Qur’an’s moral teachings
in order to please Allah. They know that if they regard other
people are autonomous individuals, each of whom is to be
approached with a different attitude, they are not living
according to its teachings. For this reason, they act with
the awareness that everyone they meet is part of the test
that Allah has created for them and that they are represent-
ing Islamic morality. They try to respond to what others say

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