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THE MUSLIM WAY OF SPEAKING
awareness of Allah. It is also an important act of worship for believers.
Because of this, true believers always ask of Allah the ability to speak
intelligently, wisely and appropriately. When they talk with others,
they make reference to Allah through the best of words, and tell them
about the morality expounded in Islam, enjoining what is the right and
forbidding what is wrong. Hence, for believers, speech becomes a form
of worship, which can earn them reward throughout their lives.
As we are told by the following verse, "Who speaks anything bet-
ter than the one who summons to Allah, acts righteously, and says, 'I
am among those who submit to Allah'?" (Surah Fussilat: 33), those
who speak most nobly are those who call on others to obey the morality
prescribed in the Qur'an, in other words, those who speak in the way of
the Muslims. By employing this manner of speaking, believers hope to
earn the pleasure of Allah, His mercy and Paradise. For this reason, all
believers whose sincerely turn to our Lord must fulfill all that is re-
quired in speaking in the way of the Muslims, and show determination
in that endeavor until the end of their days.
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