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operation or brotherhood. No one considers anyone else's comfort,
health, or well-being. Moreover, in such societies removed from reli-
gion, it is impossible to find just administrators and people who work on
behalf of all. Everyone looks out for his own interests and tries to profit
as much as he can.
In a society where the moral values of the Qur'an are observed,
however, everyone values one another as servants of God. No one de-
sires any reward from doing good. On the contrary, they perform good
works continually and, in their efforts, try to win God's approval. They
hope for a good life in the Hereafter, confident that "those who enjoin
charity, or what is right, or putting things right between people . . . seek-
ing the pleasure of God," will be given "an immense reward." (Qur'an,
4:114) They do so, not with any expectation of gaining profit from oth-
ers; but look for their reward only from God.
In the Qur'an (76:8-10), God describes this exemplary moral state:
They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans
and captives: "We feed you only out of desire for the Face of God.
We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks. Truly We
fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day."

Conclusion

Mental conservatism, which is communism’s fundamental imposi-
tion, is the main impediment to a society's development of arts and sci-
ence. If a particular nation is continually conditioned by narrow ways of
thinking, prohibitions and restrictions, then its art and science will be-
come paralyzed. In order for art and science to develop, people must be
broadminded, looking at the world with new horizons.
Some interpret the conservatism that impedes art and science
wrongly and try to attribute it to religion. But the true religion taught in
the Qur'an is totally against this conservatism, bigotry and repressive-
ness, and affords the widest and freest horizon of thought. It frees them
from all anxiety, other than the fear of God. Art, science, and thought de-
velop to their greatest heights where people think deeply as urged by
the Qur'an, using their minds to consider the universe, and what they