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the fulfillment of his own selfish desires.
The Holy Qur'an says, "And [ask] of the sinners, ’What led you
into Hell-fire?' They will say: 'We were not of those who prayed;
nor were we of those who fed the indigent; but we used to talk
vanities with vain talkers; and we used to deny the Day of Judg-
ment.'"118 Those who neglect or abstain from prayer sow the seeds
of their own destruction, in this world and in the Hereafter.
History teaches us of great societies which lost their moral con-
sciousness and humanity when they discontinued their observance
of the worship of Allah. As a result of their neglect they lost
respect for Allah in their institutions of learning, and they began
the process which ultimately caused their moral, political and
economic downfalls. By the same token we are able to see that
sound belief in Allah and the establishment of prayer were the ma-
jor factors in the rise to greatness of many ancient nations. The
Holy Qur'an says, "Of the posterity of Adam, and of those whom
We carried [in the Ark] with Noah, and of the posterity of Abra-
The Holy Qur'an says, "And [ask] of the sinners, ’What led you
into Hell-fire?' They will say: 'We were not of those who prayed;
nor were we of those who fed the indigent; but we used to talk
vanities with vain talkers; and we used to deny the Day of Judg-
ment.'"118 Those who neglect or abstain from prayer sow the seeds
of their own destruction, in this world and in the Hereafter.
History teaches us of great societies which lost their moral con-
sciousness and humanity when they discontinued their observance
of the worship of Allah. As a result of their neglect they lost
respect for Allah in their institutions of learning, and they began
the process which ultimately caused their moral, political and
economic downfalls. By the same token we are able to see that
sound belief in Allah and the establishment of prayer were the ma-
jor factors in the rise to greatness of many ancient nations. The
Holy Qur'an says, "Of the posterity of Adam, and of those whom
We carried [in the Ark] with Noah, and of the posterity of Abra-