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tions. But unbelievers are totally unaware of these facts.
According to their erroneous beliefs, all of the affairs in this
world are random, and the world is its own master. In this set-
ting, unbelievers seek to maintain their existence and pursue
their interests. Thus, they may readily resort to fraud or dishon-
esty, for they are heedless of Allah's existence and their account-
ability to Him.
The outlook, and thereby the characteristics, moral values,
and behaviors of these two groups of people, are mutually exclu-
sive. The Qur'an provides detailed examples of these differ-
ences.
According to the Qur'an, an unbelieving society is made up
of people who are unaware of Allah, who "made Him into
something to cast disdainfully behind their backs" (Surah
Hud, 92) and "do not measure Allah with His true measure."
(Surat al-An'am, 91) The Qur'an refers to such a society as the
"society of ignorance." A society may consider itself contempo-
rary and civilized, but as long as its members fail to give Allah
all of the respect due to Him and remain unaware of the
Hereafter and the purpose of their existence, its people are, in ac-
tuality, ignorant (of religion).
In all societies ignorant of religion, believers are always in
minority. As the accounts of the Prophets' lives related in the
Qur'an indicate, throughout history, believers have always
emerged within such societies but have been purified from the
dirt of the ignorance, and gained sincerity and wisdom.
However, just because believers have their own unique
structure does not mean that they never associate with those
who do not know Allah. On the contrary, in compliance with
Allah's orders, believers maintain their bonds with unbelievers
so that they can summon them to live by the values of the

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