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outlook. On the contrary, He makes clear that all command-
ments and prohibitions therein come from Him and are
equally important. Therefore, just as a person prays five
times a day and fasts, so he must also meticulously observe

the other Divine ordinances in the Qur’an.
For example, under the influence of society’s moral indoc-
trinations, a person may avoid acts that Allah forbids, such as
theft or adultery. However, he may readily gossip, slander,
break promises, befriend others who deny verses of the
Qur’an without suffering any feelings of guilt. He may fail to
spend for Allah’s cause, and may neglect to glorify Allah reg-
ularly at the specified times or to feel grateful to Him—in
brief, he may consider it unimportant to observe many of
Allah’s commandments.
One cannot say that such a person displays the character
of a believer or lives by the principles of Islam. For no mat-
ter how much he claims to be a true Muslim, this individual
actually adheres only to a superstitious conception based on
custom yet embellished with some Islamic concepts. His
grave mistake is feeling content to comply with only a few

commandments of the Qur’an. Because he never considers
the possibility that his rationale is flawed, he feels assured that
he is indeed a true Muslim.
Surely, there is a reward in the Sight of Allah for every act
of worship performed purely to earn Allah’s good pleasure. In
the Hereafter, however, people will also be held responsible
for the commandments they disregarded. By the will of Allah,
provided that a person is sincere, if he fasts and attends to his