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Throughout this book we have seen that believers make it a
principle of life twenty-four hours a day to live according to the val-
ues that Allah has revealed in the Qur'an. No matter what the con-
ditions, they will not compromise in showing superior behaviour.
Their values do not change; they always conform to Allah's com-
mands and recommendations. They take Allah's Messenger, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, as their example whom Allah
praises in the Qur'an in these words:
Indeed you are truly vast in character (Surat al-Qalam: 4)
There is only one way to escape being lost in the endless pun-
ishment of the Fire: living according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah,
for by means of these Allah grants to human beings "their
Reminder". It saves people from the ignorance in which they are
sunk, their primitive way of thinking, stressful environments, neg-
ative character traits, baseless fears, perverse beliefs, and the tor-
ments of the Fire for which all these things are the causes. In place
of these they gain understanding and wisdom, higher values, a
sane environment filled with peace of mind and, most importantly,
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