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ers closer to Allah, improves their ability to communicate
religion and makes them successful in this endeavor.
Believers should communicate the message, aware that
Allah guides people to the right path and that the believers’
sole task is only to communicate. While communicating
the message, a similar candid and open style is essential.

3. Patience
Patience is the surest sign that a person’s faith is sin-
cere. Despite all hindrances and adversities, believers
keep trying to please Allah. In the Qur’an Allah stresses the
importance of patience in many places, among them:
So be steadfast. Allah’s promise is true. Do not let
those who have no certainty make you impatient and
shake your firmness. (Surat ar-Rum: 60)

Spreading Islam is one of the major areas in which
believers show their patience. As long as believers see the
light of faith in another person, they must be understand-
ing and allow the other party to improve his or her views of
Islam and the Qur’anic moral values. They must be patient
with that person’s wrong actions and ideas and fatuous
conversations, as well as with his or her lack of under-
standing of the good that is being offered. But believers
take great pleasure in doing this, because it is important
for them to be the means whereby even one person’s heart
is softened toward Islam.
Believers may experience a reaction from unbelievers,
both as individuals or as a group. But they must continue
spreading the religion despite all the difficulties and lack of

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