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Almost everyone has his own rights and wrongs. The
criteria used to determine these rights and wrongs differ
greatly. A book, a person, a politician, or, at times, a
philosopher may well be the guide in life for a person.
However, the right path, which is the only path that leads to
salvation, is the religion which God has chosen. In this path,
the unique goal is to earn the pleasure, mercy and paradise of
God. Other paths, no matter how attractive they may seem,
are deceptive and lead to ruin, hopelessness, unhappiness
and painful punishment both in this world and in the
hereafter (unless God wills otherwise).
Those who are guided to the straight path are a secret
revealed in the Qur'an. They are the servants God has guided
to His straight path and who earn His paradise.
Believing with certainty
Before all else, one needs to have faith in order to be