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ALLAH HAS ORDERED

WHAT IS EASY

The religious knowledge most people possess is based on
what they have heard since their childhood. Because they
haven't learned about religion from its real source, that is the
Qur'an, they are a prey to many superstitions and foolish
thoughts about religion. One of the most harmful of these beliefs
is that it is hard to be religious: this is completely fallacious.
Those who have aimed at causing religion to deviate from its
essence and tried to prevent religion from being practiced, have
throughout history, attempted to add on many difficult prac-
tices and superstitions to it. With the practices they have in-
vented, they have caused people to move away from religion,
intentionally or unintentionally. However, the information set
forth by Allah in the Qur'an and the traditions of our Prophet
(saas) teach us that it is very easy for sincere people to practice
religion.
First of all, we must aver that Allah has created humans from
nothingness, as He has with everything else in the universe.
Allah, Who knows human beings better than anyone else and
Who is closer to them than their jugular veins, has created a reli-

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