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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

such people are mocked by their own people, or may be de-
nied an important opportunity. However, the Qur’anic moral-
ity teaches something quite different: Believers know that
Allah creates everything for a good purpose and that every-
thing is a grace from the All Merciful and Most Merciful; that
believers do not judge others on the basis of their mistakes;
that believers feel a sense of compassion and mercy, for they
understand that whatever occurs is destined. Therefore, they

will feel regret and do their best to reform themselves by re-
penting and then abandoning that particular sin completely.
When they make a mistake, the sorrow that they feel also
turns out to be for their good, for it contains the determina-
tion not to continue making this mistake. It is very important
that believers show trust and submission in such times and
that they act with the knowledge that everything happens in

a way designed to bring them closer to Allah.
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According to 216 verse of Surat al-Baqara, Allah can
turn things that appear bad into good for human beings, and
that people may like what is bad for them. One example of
this is miserly rich people who do not believe. It is a great
mistake for unbelievers to think that miserliness is something
clever and that not using their wealth in His path will some-
how benefit them. In fact, the Qur’an reveals that such wealth
will be worse for its possessors and bring them great pain in

the Afterlife:
Those who are miserly with the bounty that Allah has
given them should not suppose that that is better for
them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were
miserly with will be hung around their necks on the Day

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