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A Call for Unity

follow the Prophet Moses (pbuh) but do not abide by the
morality he taught:
... they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy loads
and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not
willing to lift a finger to move them. (Matthew, 23: 3-4)
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to
you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew, 7: 12)
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye
and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you
say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when
all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first
take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly
to remove the speck from your brother's eye. (Matthew, 7: 3-5)

Thankfulness

Thankfulness means to express one's thanks and love to
Allah for all of the gifts He gives, to declare that all we have

comes from Him. Careful reflection reveals that Allah's gifts
are countless and that we receive them due to His grace. For
example, the fact that each of the 100 trillion or so cells in
your body works for you continuously and without fail is on-
ly a small fraction of His gifts.
Believers are thankful to Allah regardless of their cir-
cumstances, whereas being thankful does not even occur to

unbelievers.
In the Qur'an Allah demands believers to be thankful,
which He considers a form of worship, and tells them to
adopt this attitude wholeheartedly, as the following verses
indicate:

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