Islam As It Is
Islamic Character
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believer must cultivate the capacity to rise above
negative sentiments in his dealings with people so
that his relationships with them remain on a
positive basis. When anger and bitterness well up
inside him, he should not give vent to these feelings
but should, instead, contain and suppress them
within his own self. He should live in the world in
the way that the flowers do-giving off a sweet
fragrance even to those who give nothing but abuse,
and remaining unruffled even in the face of violent
attack.
AFTER MAKING A MISTAKE
However upright one may be, one cannot help but
err from time to time in one’s dealings with one’s
fellow-men. There are bound to be occasions when
one fails to give another his due or neglects some
responsibility towards him. The Quran tells us that
at such times we should right the wrongs we have
done by immediately doing good. If we lose no time
in doing so, we can effectively cancel out any
harmful consequences of our wrong-doing. To this
end the Prophet counselled: “Fear God wherever
you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good
