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straight path176 through this complicated life we live other than
Allah, The Creator and Designer of the universe. He Alone knows
where all paths lead. We ask Allah to guide us along His Path
throughout our lives, and to allow us to die the deaths of Muslims.

We do not want to follow the paths of those who earn Allah's
Anger; those who rebel against Allah and refuse to conform to His
Way. They are the ones upon whom wrath descends. This verse
does not ascribe wrath to Allah because we earn wrath by our-
selves. Abu Dharr al-Ghifari reported Prophet Muhammad iS as
saying that Allah says, "O My Servants, I have forbidden oppres-
sion for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do
not oppress one another." Sin is a form of oppression which one
brings upon oneself by disobeying Allah's Word.

We do not want to follow the path of those who go astray; those
who err and miss the mark. If someone aims at something and
misses his mark, he has missed unintentionally. If his aim is to
please Allah, but he has been led astray, he has missed the mark in