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THE BELIEF IN ALLAH OF THOSE
OF PERFECTED FAITH
They fear Allah
"… they stand in awe and reverence of His Glory."
(Surat al-Anbiya', 28)
People of perfected faith who grasp the greatness, might and eternal
wisdom of Allah, feel a "fear full of respect" for our Lord. Keeping in
mind the verse of the Qur'an, "So have fear of Allah, as much as you
are able to..." (Surat at-Taghabun, 16), they set no limit to their fear.
Every event they encounter, everything they see around them draw
them nearer to Allah and deepen their faith and thus their fear.
Such deep fear ensures that the highest degree of attention is paid to
the observance of the limits Allah has determined. The standard of
these observances manifests itself in the meticulousness of one's obe-
dience to all of Allah's commands and advice and the strict avoidance
of the things He forbids. This attitude of the people of perfected faith
is referred to in the following verse:
They fear their Lord above them and do everything they are or-
dered to do. (Surat an-Nahl, 50)
In the Qur'an, Allah gives an example that will help us attain a bet-
ter understanding of those points, and draws our attention to the
kind of fear that will please Him most:
