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and pure hearts. They were aware of the corruption around them,
and they knew that unless the world returned to the way of Allah,
it would soon come to its end. They knew that without Allah's
Guidance the world would soon submit to the forces of material-
ism, greed, vanity, selfishness, corruption and the life of sin.

The Books of Allah can aid us only when we sincerely intend to
glorify Him. If we are not selfish in our motivations, we will be
successful in understanding the message that was revealed to the
prophets. The Holy Qur'an says, "Those to whom We have sent
the Book study it as it should be studied; they are the ones that
believe therein. Those who reject faith therein, the loss is their
own."69
We believe in the scriptures because we want to make ourselves
acceptable to Allah. We want to learn the Holy Qur'an so we can
please Allah by living the life of a Muslim more fully. We do not
study Allah's Books in order to stand an inch or so higher than any
other person. If our motives are selfish, the knowledge we receive
will become a fire to burn us up.