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What is a Righteous Person Like?

times of of hardship or prosperity. As they are well aware of
Allah’s absolute power, they always live with a fear and awe
of Him in their hearts. For this reason, they behave

righteously throughout their lives, and serve Allah with a
heartfelt and undivided devotion. Allah declares that people
who act sincerely only when they are faced with hardships,
and others who purify themselves and strive so all their lives,
will in no way be equivalent in terms of the reward awaiting
them in the hereafter. While true believers will be rewarded
with Paradise, the rest will be punished with the Fire. The
following verses correspond to this promise:
When harm touches man he calls upon his Lord,

repenting to Him. Then when He grants him a blessing
from Him, he forgets what he was calling for before and
ascribes rivals to Allah, so as to misguide others from
His Way. Say: "Enjoy your disbelief for a little
while.You are among the Companions of the Fire."
What of him who spends the night hours in prayer,
prostrating and standing up, mindful of the hereafter,
hoping for the mercy of his Lord? Say: "Are they the
same—those who know and those who do not know?"
It is only people of intelligence who pay heed. (Surat
az-Zumar: 8-9)

Is Never Reluctant to Serve and to Worship Allah

In the following verse, Allah makes light of those people
who claim to be believers while failing to truly have faith:
Among the people there are some who say, "We believe
in Allah and the Last Day," when they are not believers.