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Muslim?" If they become Muslim, they have been
guided. If they turn away, you are only responsible
for transmission. Allah sees His servants. (Surah Al
'Imran: 20)

38. What does "competing to do good deeds"
mean?

People are distinguished from each other by their level
of faith. There are people who have no faith in Allah,
whereas there are those who, due to the strong fear and
awareness of Allah they have, always try to do good deeds
and serve the religion. These people who aim to attain the
contentment of Allah in each instant of their lives are char-
acterised in the Qur'an as follows:

Such people are truly racing to good deeds, and they
outstrip [others] therein. (Surat al-Muminun: 61)
These people, at every instant, aim to serve the religion
and perform deeds that will be beneficial both to the religion
and to believers. In brief, in every step they take, they try to
do good which Allah will be pleased with. They, hence,
know that they need to reflect, pray, seek and put into prac-
tice the behaviour which earns the good pleasure of Allah.
For that reason they are profound thinkers who honour
Allah's greatness with the reverence that is due to Him to
draw nearer to Him. They do not let themselves spend even
a minute without thinking of the Hereafter, and are never
oblivious to it. Therefore do not engross themselves in the
temporal goods of this world. Since they possess pure faith,
they spend every instant of their lives for Allah and are not
heedless. It strengthens their awareness of Allah to reflect on
Him and on His greatness. As Allah commands in the

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