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The Misinterpretation of Loyalty
morally debased may even think they can make a positive impres-
sion on their associates, and, through their false promises, feign loy-
alty. But, their real intentions will be disclosed when they will be
required to demonstrate that loyalty. Allah describes their false char-

acter in the Qur'an:
They swore by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a
warner came to them they would be better guided than any
other community. But then when a warner did come to
them, it only increased their aversion. (Surah Fatir, 42)
They swore to Allah that they would follow their messenger if
He were to send them one. But, the hatred they felt for the messen-

ger sent to them demonstrated clearly that they were not true to
their promise.
As Allah revealed in the 77th verse of Surah Al ‘Imran, they
sold their promise "for a paltry price":
Those who sell Allah's contract and their own oaths for a
paltry price, such people will have no portion in the here-
after and on the Day of Rising Allah will not speak to them
or look at them or purify them. They will have a painful

punishment. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 77)
For that reason, Allah will remove them from His mercy on the
Day of Judgment. Though, when they will come into His presence to
be judged, they will again believe they can escape His punishment
by the swearing of oaths. Allah reveals this case in the Qur'an:
On the Day Allah raises up all of them together they will
swear to Him just as they have sworn to you and imagine

they have something to stand upon. No indeed! It is they
who are the liars. (Surat al-Mujadala, 18)

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