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

and exclaim: "Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabi-
tants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a
helper from You!"? (Surat an-Nisa': 75)
Of course, many organizations are currently working to alleviate
people's hardships. But regardless of their effectiveness, they are limited
to finding superficial solutions that do not really solve the problems.
Given that these problems involve all of humanity, solutions that
fix the problems for a day, a week or a month are not enough. What is
needed are solutions that are permanent and final. The best solution is

for the Qur'an's morality to rule people's lives, for its moral teachings
enjoin people to act according to their conscience and to be tolerant,
conciliatory, and understanding. It requires that justice prevail and
that everyone's rights are granted in full and respected, and that the
rights of innocent people, the elderly, women, children, the aban-
doned, and those in need are respected. Thus, implementing this
morality is the clear solution to all of the world's injustice, terror, tur-
moil, slaughter, pain, and misery.
Allah reveals this solution in the Qur'an: "Anyone who acts
rightly, male or female, being a believer, We will give them a good
life and will recompense them according to the best of what they
did" (Surat an-Nahl: 97). A good life, real contentment, security, and
peace can only be enjoyed fully by adhering to the Qur'an's morality.
Therefore, if most people understood this truth, all of the world's pain,
anxiety, murder, trouble, injustice, or poverty would cease to exist and
be replaced with peace, contentment, wealth, and ease.
Together with the dominance of high morality, justice, tolerance,
and self-sacrifice, one would find compassion and mercy to be wide-
spread among the people. Everyone's rights would be granted and re-
spected, those who are hungry would share what little they have with

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