Page 19 - Answers from the Qur'an

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Therefore, it is incumbent upon Muslims to advise other
Muslims to abandon their mistakes or wrong actions. When a be-
liever's rationale or attitude reveals any degree of incompatibil-
ity with the Qur'an, other believers must remind him or her of
the truth immediately. This is a very important service that one
believer can offer another.
As this explanation suggests, enjoining the right and forbid-
ding the wrong is one of the major acts of worship in Islam. This
way Muslims will purify themselves of all their mistakes, attain
the perfection of faith described in the Qur'an, and thereby will
hope to draw nearer to Allah. For this reason, Allah praises the
compassionate believers who duly fulfill this act of worship in
the following terms:
You are the best nation ever to be produced before
mankind. You enjoin the right, forbid the wrong, and be-
lieve in Allah. (Surah Al 'Imran, 110)
Among those We have created is a community who
guides by the Truth and acts justly according to it. (Surat
al-A'raf, 181)
The scope of enjoining good and forbidding evil is quite
broad, for communicating Islam's message to people who are far
from the Qur'anic morality, summoning them to live by the val-
ues of true religion, and describing the Qur'an's values are essen-
tial acts of worship. Inviting people to the true path has been one
of the major responsibilities of all Prophets and their followers.
As the Qur'an tells us, the Prophets devoted their lives to carry-
ing out this act of worship by inviting people to the truth and
never yielding to any difficulty. The Qur'an quotes Prophet Nuh
(Noah) (pbuh), as follows:
He said: "My Lord, I have called my people night and day,
but my calling has only made them more evasive. Indeed,

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