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fully they will pay heed. (Surat al-Baqara: 221)
In other verses, Allah reveals how people can lead one
another astray:
Say: “Can any of your partner-deities guide to the truth?”
Say: “Allah guides to the truth. Who has more right to be
followed—He Who guides to the truth, or he who cannot
guide unless he is guided? What is the matter with you?
How do you reach your judgment?” Most of them follow
nothing but conjecture. Conjecture is of no use whatso-
ever against the truth. Allah most certainly knows what
they are doing. (Surah Yunus: 35-36)
If you obeyed most of those on Earth, they would mis-
guide you from Allah’s way. They follow nothing but
conjecture. They are only guessing. (Surat al-An‘am: 116)
As in most other ways, those with weak faith and sick
hearts exert a negative influence on others to live by superfi-
ciality. However, it must be emphasized that these people are
in fact conscious of the superficiality they live out. They very
well differentiate those with whom they could never share
such a debased culture. They know that by means of this
debased culture, it is impossible to form a relationship with
genuine Muslims. For this reason, when they come into con-
tact with Muslims, they try their utmost to conceal their own
trivial tendencies. They do not only try to hide themselves
from Muslims, but also from others who seem superficial to a
lesser extent. For example, such an employee may try to show
his boss that he has some depth and quality to his character.
Such people display a very different personality in the com-
pany of their superficial friends. They have a distinctive way of