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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

ligation from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (Surat
at-Tawba, 60)
This religious observance, to be performed for Allah's pleasure,
is a source of great pleasure, joy and contentment for believers, and
its importance is emphasized in various verses of the Qur'an. In
Surat al-Baqara, it is revealed that those with true devoutness are
those who, "despite their love for it, give away their wealth to their
relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to travelers and
beggars and to set slaves free" (Surat al-Baqara, 177). And in Surat
al-Insan it is revealed that believers "... give food, despite their love
for it, to the poor and orphans and captives" (Surat al-Insan, 8).
Another verse describes the importance of the subject:
You will not attain true goodness until you give of what
you love. Whatever you give away, Allah knows it. (Surah
Al ‘Imran, 92)
No doubt, one of the most important characteristics of a society
of altruistic believers is their practice of giving alms in order to gain
the approval of Allah. Members of the society think about the gen-
eral interest, rather than their own individual concerns, and behave
accordingly. When their own interests conflict with those of another
member, they act in accord with that other individual in order to
gain Allah's approval. Examples of the superior moral values expe-
rienced between believers who migrated to Madina and the believ-
ers living there are described in the following terms in the Qur'an:
Those who were already settled in the abode, and in faith,
before they came, love those who have migrated to them
and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have
been given and prefer them to themselves even if they
themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded

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