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EXEMPLARY VALUES OF BELIEVERS REFLECTING THEIR MERCY

wrong, goodness and evil so that everyone may have a full
grasp of them. Moreover, because of their fear of Allah,
Allah has granted believers "discrimination between right
and wrong". (Surat al-Anfal: 29) However, keeping this
discrimination only to oneself is not in consonance with
Islamic morality; a believer must also enjoin other people,
who are willing to see the right and accept admonition, to
live by the Qur'an. This being so, throughout their lives, be-
lievers impress upon others the difference between right
and wrong. Allah commands believers thus:

Let there be a community among you who call to the
good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong.
They are the ones who have success. (Surah Al
'Imran: 104)
Those who repent, those who worship, those who
praise, those who fast, those who bow, those who
prostrate, those who command the right, those who
forbid the wrong, those who preserve the limits of
Allah: give good news to the believers. (Surat at-
Tawba: 112)
Allah informs those who fulfil His decree that they are
the best community that has been raised by Him for
mankind:

You are the best nation ever to be produced before
mankind. You enjoin the right, forbid the wrong and
believe in Allah. If the People of the Book were to
believe, it would be better for them. Some of them
are believers but most of them are deviators. (Surah
Al 'Imran: 110)
Believers take into consideration a crucial criterion