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LET'S LEARN OUR ISLAM

But these people will feel great regret. Being

ungrateful and arrogant will cost them a
troublesome life in this world and deep regret in the

hereafter. The ingratitude (kufr) they display in this
world will entail the fires of Hell.

Every person who does not want to suffer
regret and be one of those who will enter the Fire

must be grateful to Allah. Allah wants us to be
grateful to Him and to pray and to worship Him in

return for all the blessings He has given us. So,
when you see these beautiful and perfect blessings

surrounding you—which could never have come
into existence by themselves—you must remember

Allah and feel thankful to Him. Do not be one of
those who fail to notice and appreciate any of the

blessings they are given.
In the Qur'an, Allah commands us to practice

forms of worship other than feeling grateful to Him.
Performing the prayer five times a day, fasting

during the month of Ramadan, paying the zakat
(wealth tax) and making the hajj (making the

pilgrimage to Makkah once in a lifetime) if one is

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