Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Godly People
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GODLY PEOPLE
Most people seem to be devoted to God under
normal conditions. Then, when something
untoward happens, they suddenly change.
Emotions like love and hate, questions of honour
and prestige overcome them and push their
attachment to God into the background. They are
devout under normal conditions, but in
extraordinary situations, they act like people who
have no thought of God.
Those who are really devoted to God fear Him at all
times. They do not let themselves be led astray by
their love for someone; they stay within the bounds
that God has laid down. They are never overcome
by hate; they are just with everyone, even with their
enemies. Worldly honour and prestige can never
prevent them from acknowledging the truth.
God’s true servants earnestly seek to rectify
themselves; they are conscious of their faults; they
constantly scrutinize their actions and are able to
see themselves objectively; they look at themselves
from a realistic point of view—the point of view
