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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
awareness of the good and evil, as described in the Qur'an.
Yet they also assume another important responsibility,
inviting others to see the truth, to avoid evil and to live by the
morality of the Qur'an. Believers spend their lives telling
people about the difference between good and evil, because
to the faithful, Allah has given the following command:
Let there be a community among you who call to the
good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They
are the ones who have success. (Surah Al'Imran: 104)
In the Qur'an, Allah stresses how those who abide by
this commandment are much more auspicious than others:
You are the best nation ever to be produced before
mankind. You enjoin the right, forbid the wrong and
believe in Allah. If the People of the Book were to
believe, it would be better for them. Some of them are
believers, but most of them are deviators. (Surah Al
'Imran: 110)
The faithful perform that Qur'anic duty not only in
respect of those ignorant of the difference between right and
wrong and with no knowledge of religion, but also in respect
of the faithful themselves. People fall into error not only out of
ignorance, but sometimes out of forgetfulness, by mistake or
when driven by earthly desires. Thus, the faithful encourage
good and prevent evil by reminding one another of the
Qur'an's commandments. They warn each other that in this
world, those who fail to avoid evil will suffer the torments of
hell,and that only those who do good and devoutly carry out
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