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CONCLUSION

he purpose of this book is to define what the Muslim way of speak-
T ing means, and to point out that it is a way of speaking according to
one's conscience, followed in every moment of a person's life. But, in ad-
dition to this, its basic aim is to warn people against a difficult day and to
remind them that they should utter every word carefully, in consideration
that they will recompensed in the afterlife for everything they had done
and said. In the Qur'an, Allah calls on people to heed Him, so as to not be-
come immersed in doubt about their meeting with Him, nor to forget that
He encompasses and surrounds them wherever they are.
If a person abandons due care in accordance with the Qur'an, Satan
tries to benefit from the situation and drive him into despair, by making
him forget the remembrance of Allah. For this reason, Allah points out
that a person must be clearly aware and must take care in light of Satan's
attempts, in this verse of the Qur'an: "Satan has gained mastery over
them and made them forget the remembrance of Allah. Such people are
the party of Satan. No indeed! It is the party of Satan who are the los-
ers." (Surat al-Mujadala: 19)
People may employ the power of speech, which Allah has given them,
as they wish, with faithful care, or with Satanic-inspired carelessness. If
they are of those who neglect to remember Allah, and falter into heedless-
ness, those words they had spoken, over a period of probably decades,
will have no other effect than to result in punishment in the afterlife.
Words they will not even remember when, where and to whom they
spoke them to, are recorded in Allah's sight, and will be set before them,
one by one:

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