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SINCERITY DESCRIBED IN THE QUR’AN

hear Allah’s verses:

Say: "Believe in it or do not believe in it." Certainly,
when it is recited to them, those who were given
knowledge before it fall on their faces in prostration,
saying, "Glory be to our Lord! The promise of our Lord
is truly fulfilled!" Weeping, they fall to the ground in
prostration, and it increases them in humility. (Surat al-
Isra’: 107-109)
The respectful devotion of the Prophet Zakariya (as) and
his wife is described as an example for believers in the
Qur’an as follows:

... They outdid one another in good actions, calling out
to Us in yearning and in awe, and humbling themselves
to Us. (Surat al-Anbiya’: 90)
Another issue mentioned in the same verse is that the
sincere believers compete with one with another in doing
good deeds for Allah’s consent. These people strive
continuously—to the limit allowed by their power and
wealth—to succeed in earning Allah’s assent, mercy,
compassion and Paradise.

Submits to Allah with Complete Devotion

Allah points out the importance of the quality of
submission in believers in the following verse:

Say, "We believe in Allah and what has been sent down
to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim and Isma’il
and Ishaq and Ya’qub and the Tribes, and what Musa
and ‘Isa were given, and what all the prophets were
given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between