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Hashr: 9). This is the true basis of morality.
In the Sura Furqan of the Qur'an, the nature of the morality of true
believers is described in this way:
The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the

earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, "Peace";
those who pass the night prostrating and standing before their Lord...

those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor mean, but
take a stance mid way between the two;
those who do not call on any other god together with Allah and do not
kill anyone Allah has made inviolate, except with the right to do so,
and do not fornicate...

those who do not bear false witness and who, when they pass by
worthless talk, pass by with dignity;

those who, when they are reminded of the Signs of their Lord, do not
turn their backs, deaf and blind to them. (Surat al-Furqan: 63-73)
That is, the basic duty of believers is to submit to Allah in humility,
"not to turn their backs, as if they were deaf and blind when they are re-
minded of His signs." Because of this duty, a person is saved from the self-

ishness of the ego, worldly passions, ambitions, and the concern to make
himself liked by others. The kind of morality mentioned in the verses
above is attained by these means alone. For this reason, in a society lack-
ing in love and fear of Allah and faith in Him, there is no morality. Since
nothing can be determined absolutely, each determines what is right and
wrong according to his own desires.

Actually, the primary aim of Masonry's secular-humanist moral phi-
losophy is, not to establish a moral world, but to establish a secular world.
In other words, Masons do not espouse the philosophy of humanism be-
cause they grant a high importance to morality, but only to transmit to so-
ciety their notion that religion is not necessary.

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