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against them. However, these people courageously stand
up to all the evil represented by the clan and actively ex-
pose its shady activities. Our Lord in the Qur'an reveals
certain characteristics of the clan:
You see many of them rushing to wrongdoing
and enmity and acquiring ill-gotten gains.
What an evil thing they do! (Qur'an, 5: 62)
Throughout history, there have been interest groups
uniting in oppression, unfairness and injustice thereby

causing great suffering to people. These groups have done
their best to spread immorality and denial in their own era.
In this verse of the Qur'an, God reveals that they have ex-
isted throughout history:
Did they bequeath this to each other? Indeed
they are an unbridled people. (Qur'an, 51: 53)

However, people of good character who believe in
God have always opposed them bravely, with persever-
ance. Those who stand up to evil have been working to
bring it to an end, to open the way to peace and safety.
Today, the dark clan is in the forefront of evil, and just as it
has always been, the ideological battle between the clan
and the people of good continues. The clan is making ef-
forts to wear down or even eliminate the faithful and con-

scientious representatives of spiritual values because of
their determined morality. In the Qur'an, God revealed this
characteristic of the dark clan in the account of how Lut's
people reacted to his summons:
The only answer of his people was to say,
"Expel them from your city! They are people
who keep themselves pure!" (Qur'an, 7: 82)