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love and similar concepts. Whatever is on a believer’s mind
and what he feels must remain within the limits that Allah has
set in the Qur’an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace). A person who controls his

negative feelings and thoughts is, no doubt, on the right path.

CONTROLLING RAGE
A believer’s controlling his anger prevents harmful reac-

tions likely to be caused by it. In the Qur’an Allah reveals this
as follows:
Those who give in times of both ease and hardship,
those who control their rage and pardon other peo-
ple-Allah loves the good-doers. (Surah Al ‘Imran; 134)
Although rage may surface as an instant reaction in particu-
lar situations, a believer should comply with the description in
this verse by controlling his anger. That is because rage clouds
one’s mind and hinders sound reasoning. In such a case, a per-
son runs the risk of transgressing the limits of Allah, since the
emotional judgments he makes under the influence of anger will

usually be rash and incompatible with Qur’anic ethics.
A believer must immediately strive to overcome resent-
ment he feels pertaining to personal matters, especially
toward other believers, and try to replace it with compassion
and mercy. If a person’s anger is based on unjust grounds,
then he has no right to be furious in the first place. He must
accept his mistake, apologize and make up for his misbehav-
ior. But even if he was in the right, he must still control his
anger, and in compliance with the verse, it is better to forgive.