Page 84 - The Mercy of Believers
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WHAT HAPPENS IF PEOPLE
DO NOT LIVE BY
THE QUR'ANIC
UNDERSTANDING OF
MERCY?
The only way that ensures a peaceful and happy life
for a community is the exercise of mercy as defined by the
Qur'an. Failing to incorporate this model in daily life
makes unrest, disorder and injustice take root in society.
That is simply because, where mercy is absent, cruelty
must exist. In a society harassed by cruelty, its members
suffer both physical and spiritual harm. Indeed, the news
bulletins we listen to every day make this point most ob-
vious; they are full of the cruelty inflicted on people; peo-
ple who starve, mothers who beg on the streets to feed
their children, those who are oppressed, attacked or
beaten, those who live in abject poverty in tents, people
who commit suicide or fight for a loaf of bread… The
main reason for all this misery is the cruelty and merci-
