Page 18 - Taking the Qur'an as a Guide

ONLY ALLAH JUDGES

Do they then seek the judgment of the Time
of Ignorance? Who could be better at giving
judgment than Allah for people with
certainty? (Surat al-Ma'ida: 50)

Allah's Messengers and the Qur'an are the only guides for
believers, as we read in: "Say: 'Am I to desire other than Allah
as Lord when He is the Lord of all things?'" (Surat al-An'am:
164)
Unbelievers, however, find and adhere to guides and chiefs
other than Allah, follow unjust ideologies and movements,
and so live in complete delusion. But when they die and see
Hell's eternal torment, they will confess this great delusion,
"And they will say: 'Our Lord, we obeyed our masters and
great men, and they misled us from the Way" (Surat al-
Ahzab: 67) and express their regret.
The factors that determine the attitudes and beliefs of the
majority of these people, who feign ignorance about what will
happen to them after death, are society's rules, principles, and
customs. Following their ancestors, the surrounding society, or
their leaders, these people go astray, for any thought and atti-

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