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Qur’an’s guidance. Such a change in behavior does not
happen overnight, for it takes time to learn what is required
in the Qur’an and to live by them. Yet, what is important is
to have the intention and be determined. What befalls to
the person who communicate the Qur’an is to urge those
who listen to him to embark upon this process of change
and then try to help him by correcting him gently as he pro-
ceeds in his study of the Qur’an.

3. This world is a place of testing

When a person declares his or her intention to embrace
Islam, he may consider himself becoming as members of
the “People of Paradise.” But to proclaim one’s faith is only
the first step in long period of training in the Qur’an. In the
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This true integrity will remain steady throughout all of
the trials and frustrations that Allah will send to test their
faith and bring them to maturity:
Do people imagine that they will be left to say: “We
believe” and will not be tested? We tested those
before them so that Allah would know the truthful and
would know the liars. (Surat al-‘Ankabut: 2-3)
The basic purpose for creating this transient and imper-
fect world and the life we live in it is to test us. In fact, this
world is no more than a temporary “waiting room”:
… He Who created death and life to test which of you
is best in action. He is the Almighty, the Ever-
Forgiving. (Surat al-Mulk: 2)
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