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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

themselves with such thoughts, they are unaware that they may fall
within the provisions of the following verse:
Do they imagine that, in the wealth and children We ex-
tend to them, We are hastening to them with good things?
No indeed, but they have no awareness! (Surat al-
Muminun, 55-56)
Their true nature is described in another verse:
Do not let their wealth and children impress you. Allah
merely wants to punish them by them during their life in
this world and for them to expire while they are disbeliev-
ers. (Surat at-Tawba, 55)
Nobody has the right to regard themselves as so privileged. If a
person obeys only Allah, abides by His commandments as much as
he can, and seeks forgiveness from Allah for his sins, he may hope
for happiness and salvation in the Sight of Allah. It is tremendous
hypocrisy for people who have knowingly turned their backs on His
commandments and taken other deities for themselves to seek to
portray themselves as devout. Indeed, the following statement is is-
sued in the Qur'an regarding some Jews who made a similar claim:
Say: "You Jews, if you claim to be the friends of Allah to the
exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are
telling the truth." But they will never ever wish for it be-
cause of what they have done. Allah knows the wrongdo-
ers. (Surat al-Jumu‘a, 6-7)
Religious observance, according to the conception of Islam of
the members of Ignorantism, consists of some forms of worship
alone or, most of the time, only of words. They frequently refer to
being of support to Muslims, living for Allah, praying five times a
day and the need to read the Qur'an, but these tasks are not carried
out. However, these are all the sort of acts of worship that need to be

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