Page 19 - Taking the Qur'an as a Guide

Only Allah Judges

tude that disagrees with the Qur'an is flawed.
Believers, on the other hand, abide by Allah's commands
and meticulously avoid all forbidden thoughts and attitudes,
regardless of time and place. Whenever doing something or
making a decision, they refer to the Qur'an and the Sunna of
our Prophet (saas), and consider Allah's command related to
that particular situation. They conduct themselves according
to the Qur'an's commands, and not according to their own
whims and desires, unjust societal traditions, or ancestral cus-
toms. Indeed, Allah tells believers:
And this is a Book We have sent down and blessed, so
follow it and do your duty so that hopefully you will
gain mercy. (Surat al-An'am: 155)
People who do not admit Allah as the sole Judge, oppose His
commands, or fabricate judgments other than His stray from
the right path. They hold their society's norms and mores more
dear than Allah's commands, and remain tenacious and strict
in this attitude. Even though their conscience admits the truth,
they reject Allah's commands out of arrogance and bigotry. In
the Qur'an, Allah informs us about such people as follows:
When they are told: "Follow what Allah has sent down
to you," they say: "We are following what we found our
fathers doing." What, even though their fathers did not
understand a thing and were not guided! (Surat al-
Baqara: 170)
Similarly We never sent any Warner before you to any
city without the affluent among them saying, "We found
our fathers following a religion, and we are simply fol-
lowing in their footsteps." Say: "What if I have come

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