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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

utes revealed in the Qur'an. Doing the opposite may mean "serv-
ing on the verge of true faith." The position of those "serving
Allah on the verge of true faith" is described in the Qur'an as fol-
lows:
"There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were,
on the verge of true faith: if good fortune befalls them,
they are well content; but if an ordeal befalls them, they
turn upon their heels: they lose both this world and the
hereafter: that is a loss for all to see!" (Surat Al-Hajj: 11)
Another matter on which those who never question them-
selves are mistaken is that they regard it as enough for them to
do good to some people or help the poor from time to time.
However, in the Qur'an, Allah reveals what is valuable and good
in the Sight of Allah, as follows:
"It is not righteousness if you turn your faces towards the
east or west; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah
and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the
Messengers; to spend your wealth, out of love for Him,
for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer,
for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be
steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil
the contracts which you have made; and to be firm and
patient, in suffering and adversity, and throughout all
periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-
fearing" (Surat Al-Baqara: 177)
Although the attributes of believers are explicitly set out in
the Qur'an it would be quite meaningless to deceive ourselves by

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