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THE QUR'AN IS THE CRITERION
THAT DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN
RIGHT AND WRONG
As guidance for humanity, and He has sent
down the Furqan (the Standard by which to
discern the true from the false). Those who
reject Allah's Signs will have a terrible pun-
ishment. Allah is Almighty, Exactor of
Revenge. (Surah Al 'Imran: 4)
n the Qur'an, Allah admonishes people and shows
them the true path. The Qur'an is the sole resource
I that leads people to the correct knowledge of Allah,
the values of Islam, how to live in a way that pleases Allah, and
an absolute criterion that distinguishes right from wrong. For
this reason, one of the Qur'an's names is "Furqan": one that dis-
criminates right from wrong.
In this world, people have their own beliefs, goals, values,
thoughts, and outlook on life. However, the judgments that
Allah proclaims in the Qur'an are the only values that can be
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