Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Action or Acknowledgement
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ACTION OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
True faith should become an integral part of one’s
thinking. It should permeate one’s heart and mind.
Everything — one’s thoughts and desires, one’s
love and fear should be subordinated to one’s faith.
This is the supreme degree of faith. One who is of
such faith is protected by God in this world, and
one who is provided with divine protection on
earth is sure of it in the hereafter.
There are other believers who do both good and
evil, but they admit their faults. Hopefully, God will
forgive them, for He is forgiving and merciful.
The strong in faith act according to their belief, but
those who are weaker in their faith cannot achieve
such consistency in thought, word and deed. They,
too, will receive God’s eternal blessings, but to do
so, they should show contrition and not persist in
their errors; they should openly admit their faults
and not try to justify them; they should confess their
guilt instead of trying to explain it away; they
should show no signs of irritation when their faults
are pointed out, but should bow in acquiescence;
