Page 117 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Allah tells the believers to help each other live in goodness and piety:

Help each other to goodness and heedfulness. Do not help each
other in wrongdoing and enmity. Fear [and respect] Allah.
Allah is severe in retribution. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 2)
Believers who follow virtue and their conscience strive to explain
the Qur'an's moral teachings to others and end the injustice that domi-
nates the world; those who are caught up in their own problems re-
main on the sidelines. Although they know that their help and support
would please Allah, either their love of this world or their concern to
please others prevents them from supporting those who have decided
to sacrifice what they have in His cause. Seeing no advantage for them-
selves, these weak supporters refuse to get involved.

Some of them support the believers to a certain extent, provided
that they do not have to assume any real responsibility and can,
thereby, avoid facing any real worries or hardships. Many such people
existed during the time of our Prophet (saas). Hypocrites try to show
that they support the believers, but only until such support conflicts
with their interests. Even if their interests are not harmed, they might
withdraw their support due to potential hardship. Thus they leave
Muslims in the lurch, forgetting that only Allah can determine what
will happen to them.
Hypocritical people show the same powerlessness and insincerity
when believers are falsely slandered or accused. But they know that all
prophets opposed such attacks in both word and deed, for Allah states:

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