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THE GOLDEN AGE

want to purify you and to perfect His blessing upon you so that
hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat al-Ma’ida: 6)
The verses below reveal that one of the reasons why Prophet
Muhammad (saas) was sent was to relieve people of their heavy
loads and chains:
Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom they find writ-
ten down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding

them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good
things lawful for them and bad things unlawful for them, relieving
them of their heavy loads and the chains that were around them.
Those who believe in him, honor him, and help him, and follow the
Light that has been sent down with him, they are the ones who are
successful. (Surat al-A`raf: 157)
Allah showed great kindness to the believers when He sent a
Messenger to them from among themselves to recite His Signs to
them, purify them, and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even
though before that they were clearly misguided. (Surah Al`Imran:
164)

The true religion is truly easy. Our Prophet (saas) also stated many
times that religion must not be presented as difficult:
Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them. Make
them calm (with glad tidings), and do not repulse (them). 25

Allah did not commission me for clerical duties. The more pleasing thing in
the sight of Allah is to choose the easy way of Allah's Oneness. 26
Avoid exaggeration while practicing your religion. The ones preceding you

perished for this reason. 27
The Golden Age will be a time when people will truly live by
Allah’s religion. Sincere Muslims will restore the religion to its origi-
nal state.

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