Page 10 - Taking the Qur'an as a Guide

INTRODUCTION

ocieties that are far from religion have a distorted
understanding of it, and their people, while grow-
S ing up, gather their information about it entirely
from unreliable resources. For this reason, under the guise of
religion, people adopt different rituals, rules, rights, and
wrongs that they feel are suitable for them. However, the main
source of accurate knowledge about the true religion is the
Qur'an, for it is the sublime Word of Allah, our Lord Who cre-
ated the universe from nothing and the One Who knows
everything.
The Qur'an's plain style makes it comprehensible to all peo-
ple so that they can benefit from its unique wisdom. Despite
this, however, those who are insincere or even hostile toward
Allah and His religion approach the Qur'an with prejudice
and, influenced by their distorted rationale, misinterpret its
verses. Some people, hoping to present religion as something
difficult, fabricate many false beliefs, heresies, and myths.
People of faith, who are well-acquainted with the Qur'an,
understand that such fabrications are no more than myths and
so do not acknowledge them. However, those who do not
know Allah and the Qur'an remain under the influence of

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