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THE BELIEF IN ALLAH OF THOSE OF PERFECTED FAITH

into the darkness. Those are the Companions of the Fire re-
maining in it timelessly, for ever. (Surat al-Baqara, 257)

They do not set up any other god beside Allah

… "They worship Me, not associating anything with
Me." … (Surat an-Nur, 55)

The belief of people of perfected faith is a strong credo based on
wisdom and conscience. In the words of the Qur'an, "they believe in
Allah and His Messenger, then they have no doubts..." (Surat al-
Hujurat, 15) Since they have a full grasp of the might and greatness of
Allah, they affirm from the beginning that there is no god that is equal
or similar to Him. In the Qur'an, the sole guide of believers, Allah
states this fact as follows:
Allah: there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining.
He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heav-
ens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him
except by His permission? He knows what is before men and
what is behind them, but they can grasp only that part of His
knowledge which He wills. His throne encompasses the heav-
ens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is
the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara, 255)
Beside this, some people, despite believing in the existence of Allah,
also assume that some worldly living beings possess a power apart
and separate from Allah and take them, in a sense, as "idols". We
should not, therefore, limit the concept of the "idol" to pieces of sculp-
tured stone or wood, or fake gods fabricated by false religions. Today,
there are many material or nonmaterial things that are not so named,
but which are taken as idols.
Any endeavour in the part of an individual to please a being other
than Allah—assuming that that being is capable of helping him and