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CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS
acquire his wealth, or how much he accumulated; he will be asked
what he did for Allah to earn His favor. So, all the efforts he had put
forth for worldly gain, will have been in vain.
Allah speaks of the vanity of such efforts in the Qur’an:

Say: “Shall I inform you of the greatest losers in their ac-
tions? People whose efforts in the life of this world are mis-
guided while they suppose that they are doing good.” Those
are the people who reject their Lord’s Signs and the meeting
with Him. Their actions will come to nothing and, on the Day
of Rising, We will not assign them any weight. (Surat al-
Kahf, 103-105)

The Character-types of Managers and Directors
In societies divorced from religion, you can find several different
types of characters in a single workplace. Every one of these character-
types is influenced by the position he has been given, and determined
by his responsibilities, salary and rank in relation to other workers.

One of the characters shaped by these factors is that of a manager.
Those who are of this kind of character are of a disposition regarded
as otherwise quite normal for a person in their circumstances, but
which is the product of a corrupt way of thinking; they can be two
characters at once, changing according to the particular situation.
They show one of side of this character to those who are their superi-
ors; and show the other to those who are their inferiors.

When they are with their boss, people having this morality in ig-
norant societies are humble and submissive; they treat him with def-
erence, sometimes bending over backwards to please him. They do
everything he wants immediately, being careful not to make the least

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