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the name of Allah and religion. Allah says in this regard:
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the
All-Merciful, We assign him a satan who becomes his
bosom friend-they debar them from the path, yet they
still think they are guided... (Surat az-Zukhruf: 36-37)
This is the situation with those who espouse their ances-
tral religion, and is no different from the situation of the
members of the ruling circle. They use the idea of religion
for their own advantage. In the Qur’an, Allah describes such
hypocrites who use His word for their own benefit:
The ruling circle of those of his people who did not
believe said: “This is nothing but a human being like
yourselves who simply wants to gain ascendancy over
you. If Allah had wanted, He would have sent angels
down. We never heard of anything like this among our
ancestors, the earlier peoples.” (Al-Muminun: 24)
There are several things to notice in this verse:
1. Some prominent members of society try to prevent
people from believing in Islam by misusing Allah’s name.
For example, they say: “If Allah had wanted, He would
have sent angels down.” This is a sign that people expect
to see miracles before they will believe. As we said earlier,
belief does not require a special miracle; for those who use
their intelligence, miracles happen every minute of the day.
Allah reveals that unbelievers use His name to keep
people ignorant of the truths revealed in the Qur’an and to
prevent them from following the right path:
Whenever they commit an indecent act, they say: “We
found our fathers doing it, and Allah commanded us to

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