Page 61 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

problems when they have to deal with their own difficulties. They
think that someone else should assume this responsibility.
But such thinking has nothing to do with the Qur'an's moral
teaching, for Allah has made people responsible for living a good
moral life. Therefore, everyone is responsible for making a life-long

commitment to self-sacrifice and for remaining patient, trusting, sin-
cere, honest, loyal, and faithful at all times: "Wealth and children are
the embellishment of the life of this world. But in your Lord's Sight,
right actions that are lasting bring a better reward and are a better
basis for hope" (Surat al-Kahf: 46). The self-sacrifice described in the
Qur'an is something undertaken willingly by those who are patient
even when their own interests are thwarted and they are put at risk.
Allah tells us in the Qur’an that the self-sacrifice of those believers
who are experiencing difficulties is not the same as the efforts made by
those who are in the midst of secure prosperity. People in need and
those dealing with their own problems, and yet who still give gener-
ously of what they have, have far more value in His Sight:

And how is it with you that you do not give in the way of
Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and Earth belongs
to Allah? Those of you who gave and fought before the victory
are not the same as those who gave and fought afterwards. They
are higher in rank. But to each of them Allah has promised the
best. Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat al-Hadid: 10)
In another verse, Allah reveals the real reason why people with
weak belief are reluctant to engage in self-sacrifice in difficult times: "If
it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have

followed you. But the distance was too great for them…" (Surat at-
Tawba: 42). These people live and work in harmony with sincere be-

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