Islam As It Is
Islamic Society
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to the Almighty for one’s actions. It does not befit a
Muslim to nurse sentiments of anger, hate and
vengeance; his life should rather be governed by an
attitude of tolerance and forgiveness. He should
make a point of never succumbing to anger and
should give no place in his life to feelings of
vengeance and hatred.
In an Islamic society, when one person does justice
to another and gives another his rightful due, this is
more than a purely moral or humanitarian act on
his part. It is a kind of investment for the life after
death, for it is upon his conduct in situations where
ethics are all-important that his eternal fate
depends: only one who treats others well can expect
good treatment for himself at the hands of God.
One who fails to treat his fellow human beings in a
decent fashion will have no share of God’s
everlasting blessings in the world to come.
It is in one’s treatment of others that man is being
tested in this world, and this is of special
importance in the case of weak and helpless souls,
for when one treats such people in a decent manner,
it is for the sake of God, there being no other
