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killed, their wives, children, brothers, and parents starved and exposed to
cruelty… What if he was exposed to severe poverty?… What if he had no
money and no means of getting medical treatment for his sick child?…
What if he was expelled from his homeland for no obvious reason?…
Alternatively, what would he think if he encountered someone who did

not suffer all this distress and merely worried over the money he could
make and who simply thought, "Am I the one who should save these
people?" Would he not think that person has no conscience, and that he is
indifferent and inhumane?
It is not essential, however, to suffer oppression in order to become a
considerate and conscientious person. Seeing the plight of people and
considering their situation in terms of the morality of the Qur'an is
enough. Yet, the more people become distant from the Qur'an, the more
they show insensitivity of conscience. Allah relates the selfish, insensitive
and brutal conduct of people who lack religion in His verses as follows;
Truly man was created headstrong – desperate when bad things happen,
begrudging when good things come. (Surat al-Ma'arij: 19-21)
In the verse that follows, Allah mentions the existence of people who
are not "selfish" and who are concerned about the needy:
Except for those who do prayer and are constant in it; those in whose wealth
there is a known share for beggars and the destitute; those who affirm the
Day of Judgment, those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord.
(Surat al-Ma'arij: 22-27)
As Allah states in the verses, people who fear Allah assume
responsibility for destitute people. Allah shows that there are two ways
for people in the life of this world, one of which is right and the other
wrong. Allah reveals this truth in the Qur’an as follows:
(Have We not) shown him the two highways? But he has not braved the
steep ascent. What will convey to you what the steep ascent is? It is freeing
a slave or feeding on a day of hunger an orphaned relative or a poor man in
the dust; then to be one of those who have iman (faith) and urge each other
to steadfastness and urge each other to compassion. Those are the
Companions of the Right. Those who reject Our signs, they are the