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Complying With the Qur'an Removes Man's Burden

ful, peaceful, and secure life. The Qur'an is a mercy that re-
lieves the pressure that people inflict upon each other, removes
strict rules and all unnecessary and restricting principles, re-
lieves people's trouble, and ensures a peaceful life.
Indeed, Allah states that by communicating His message,
the Messenger relieves people of their heavy loads and the
chains around them. In addition, those who answer the
Messenger's call and then support, help, and protect him and
follow Allah's true path will attain salvation: peace, happiness,
and blessings. As we read:
Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom
they find written down with them in the Torah and the
Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding
them to do wrong, making good things lawful for them
and bad things unlawful for them, relieving them of
their heavy loads and the chains that were around them.
Those who believe in him and honor him and help him,
and follow the Light that has been sent down with him,
they are the ones who are successful. (Surat al-A'raf: 157)
In societies where people do not abide by the Qur'an's prin-
ciples, some needlessly strict rules make people's lives hard
and cause many problems to remain unsolved. The principles
and outlook harbored by people impose new rules and prohi-
bitions and, through these limitations, subject people to need-
less pressure. Some lawful food, for instance, may be
prohibited. Or, the people's behavior may be restricted because
certain acts are declared unlawful. Every society has some
rules and practices stemming from its own culture and inter-
ests. Although they are not expressed verbally, they are prac-

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