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to uprightness and enjoining right and forbidding wrong,‟ but He said: “Be a
nation…”
He High Exalted has also said: “Yet they (the People of the Book) are not all
alike. There are among the People of the Book an upstanding nation that recite
the verses of Allah (the Koran) throughout the night and prostrate themselves,
who believe in Allah and the Last Day, who order honor and forbid dishonor and
race in good works. These are the righteous.” (Koran Ch. 3 verse 113-114) so
Allah, the Almighty did not state that they are righteous just because they believe
in Allah and the Last Day, but they enjoin good and forbid evil.
And also Allah, the High, the Exalted said: “The believers, both men and women,
are guides to each other. They order what is just and forbid what is evil; they
establish their prayers …” (Koran Ch.9 verse 71)
He described them as believers in that they enjoin good and forbid evil, so the
one who neglects enjoining good and forbidding evil is not one of the believers
according to this verse.
nation…”
He High Exalted has also said: “Yet they (the People of the Book) are not all
alike. There are among the People of the Book an upstanding nation that recite
the verses of Allah (the Koran) throughout the night and prostrate themselves,
who believe in Allah and the Last Day, who order honor and forbid dishonor and
race in good works. These are the righteous.” (Koran Ch. 3 verse 113-114) so
Allah, the Almighty did not state that they are righteous just because they believe
in Allah and the Last Day, but they enjoin good and forbid evil.
And also Allah, the High, the Exalted said: “The believers, both men and women,
are guides to each other. They order what is just and forbid what is evil; they
establish their prayers …” (Koran Ch.9 verse 71)
He described them as believers in that they enjoin good and forbid evil, so the
one who neglects enjoining good and forbidding evil is not one of the believers
according to this verse.