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history. One cause of this is the existence of a highly degenerate
generation, who were raised by disbelieving parents. Allah, in the Qur'an,
mentions the community who are unaware of the religion because their
fathers were not warned:
(You are one of the Messengers) so that you may warn a people whose
fathers were not warned and who are therefore unaware. (Surah Yasin: 6)
As is also stressed in this verse, those generations who are born to
disbelieving people become irreligious and devoid of moral values like
their parents.
Today, the main cause of moral degeneration pervading the world,
from America to Holland, Far East to Russia, is the existence of people
who, because of their disbelief, assume themselves to be unanswerable
for their actions and to be independent. Because disbelief is so
widespread in our day – as never before in world history – homosexuality
has become a socially accepted norm; for the same reason prostitution,
pedophilia, gambling, fraud and bribery are out of control. The rot in
society is self-evident with distrust everywhere – even among immediate
family members – evil habits becoming a matter of prestige, pre-marital
and extra-marital sex becoming a defining characteristic of "modernism".
Again, disbelief accounts for people's loss of virtues such as modesty,
shame and good conduct. People are steadily encouraged to adopt
behavior as a norm that was morally unacceptable only a few short
decades ago.
It is undeniable that disbelief brings immorality. Yet, there may be
people claiming to be moral, albeit disbelieving. They assert they do not
get involved in any of the aforementioned immoral behavior. Indeed, it is
entirely possible that a person having no faith might never become
involved in any form of corruption, and that he could be determined to
remain so. Yet, this does not indicate that he is a person who possesses
moral values compatible with the Qur’an. A person who displays
virtuous conduct only because he has fear of Allah remains consistent in
his manners, no matter what the circumstances. A disbelieving person,
who claims he has never received bribes, can readily lie if it serves his
interests. Alternatively, the same person admits to receiving bribes to pay