Page 113 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Conscience demands that such people should not think only
about their own advantage, but also of the needs of society. Where peo-
ple's lives are hard, some people who could help and are aware of the
problems refuse to help, for they place winning Allah's approval sec-
ond and are afraid of being inconvenienced and suffering financial
loss.
They withhold their resources because they do not want to be put
in a difficult situation or face their disbelieving companions' criticism.
Sometimes they do things that exalt His name, make others appreciate
belief, and commend good morality, but only under pressure from
their conscience and to a very limited degree so that people will not
talk about them. In this way they try to placate their conscience while
ignoring what will happen to them in the Hereafter. This divided at-

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