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CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS
“Whoever is not merciful towards people, will not be treated mercifully

by Allah.” (Ibn Ahmad Hanbal), she does so with language that is ap-
propriate. Also, as the Qur’an commands, she knows that in this way
outcome will be more positive. This is the behavior required of believ-
ers, as revealed in the Qur’an:
Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn
away from the ignorant. (Surat al-A‘raf, 199)
Do you do not see how Allah makes a metaphor of a good

word: A good tree whose roots are firm and whose branches
are in heaven? (Surah Ibrahim, 24)
Say to My servants that they should only say the best. Satan
wants to stir up trouble between them. Satan is an outright
enemy to man. (Surat al-Isra’, 53)

Jealousy and Mistrust

Jealousy exercises an important influence in an ignorant society,
where it is not regarded as a negative trait. Such a society tries to pres-
ent jealousy as a mark of love and devotion. If an individual is not jeal-
ous of the one he loves, he thinks it is not real love. According to this
erroneous way of thinking, in order for an individual to be sure that his
partner loves him, the partner must love him exclusively.

But this idea is completely wrong. Because, ultimately, love is a
profound feeling and a superior moral trait. For an individual to be jeal-
ous in a loving relationship is contrary to the teaching of the Qur’an. A
person shows his love to the one he loves through his faithfulness, de-
votion and tenderness, and by speaking and acting appropriately to-
wards the object of his affection. This creates the idea in the mind of the
other person that he or she is really loved. It is very selfish for an indi-

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