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When You Make a Mistake

in God’s remembrance. In this sense there is no dichotomy in
the believer’s life, for his personality is holistic in nature. This is
the true concept of the Quranic life.

This formula pertains not only to the day of congregation
prayer: it gives, in fact, the complete scheme laid down for the
believer. According to the Quran, belief is not simply a creed to
be observed ritually. It is a complete formula for the whole life
of the believer.
A believer is one who discovers the Quranic truth as a
complete theory of life. This belief is manifested in his worldly
life as well as in that part of his life that is defined as being purely
religious. A believer is a believer during his worldly activities as
well as during his religious practices.
The Quranic religion is a mind-based religion; this means that
the Quran revolutionizes the whole personality of the believer
in such a way that his intentions, his thinking, his behaviour,
his external conduct are all dyed in the same divine colour. He
is a believer when he is in a place of worship and he is also a
believer when he is in the market or any other worldly place. The
criterion of a true believer is his soul and not his external form.

When You Make a Mistake

ne of the Quranic teachings is tawbah, which means
Orepentance. When you make a mistake and do tawbah, the
blessing of God will return to you. In the chapter Al-Tahrim
(Prohibition), the Quran says:

O believers, turn to God in sincere repentance, in
the hope that your Lord will forgive you your bad

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