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as best as they can. Allah describes this morality:
When you are greeted with a greeting, return the
greeting or improve on it. Allah takes account of every-
thing. (Surat an-Nisa’: 86)
This manner of speaking, which the Almighty Lord
revealed in the Qur’an and through our Prophet (saas), will
bring countless good things to people in both worlds, for:
Do you not see how Allah makes a metaphor of a good
word: a good tree whose roots are firm and whose
branches are in heaven? It bears fruit regularly by its
Lord’s permission. Allah makes metaphors for people
so that, hopefully, they will pay heed. (Surah Ibrahim:
24-25)