Page 59 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

conscience will cause them great anxiety. Besides this, if Allah wills, He
may give such people misery in this life, too:

Leave them then until they meet their Day, when they will be
struck down by the Blast, the Day when their ploys will not
profit them at all and they will not be helped. And those who
do wrong will have a punishment besides that. But most of them
do not know it. (Surat at-Tur: 45-47)
Believers place their trust in Allah when confronted with the pres-
sure exerted on them by those seeking to block the spread of the
Qur'an's morality. They will do their best to live according to the
Qur'an's moral teachings regardless of their circumstances. Allah gives
these people the following glad tidings:

If Allah helps you, no one can defeat you. If He forsakes you,
who can help you after that? So the believers should put their
trust in Allah. (Surah Al 'Imran: 160)
O Prophet! Allah is enough for you and for the believers who
follow you. (Surat al-Anfal: 64)
But if they turn away, say: "Allah is enough for me. There is no

deity but Him. I have put my trust in Him. He is the Lord of the
Mighty Throne." (Surat at-Tawba: 129)
Even in the face of hardship, sincere believers continue to spread
the message with great enthusiasm, because they want to outdo each
other in goodness and be in the forefront of those who win Allah's
pleasure. They know that the self-sacrifice enjoined in the Qur'an is not
limited to certain situations only, and realize that they must live every
moment undaunted by hardship and determined to practice this
morality. This moral character is praised in the Qur'an, and Allah
promises them the following reward:

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