The Mix of Disbelieving People

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A secret revealed in the Qur'an is the various categories of people. We will look at the disbelieving group briefly in this article. It has been revealed in the Qur'an that there are some people who will not grasp the existence of Allah or their purpose in life.

The purpose of man's existence is to worship Allah and being thankful for His blessings. The disbelievers identified in the Qur?an are those who do not live according to their purpose of life ordained by their Creator.

The disbelieving group consists of a number of essential types. We will look at a few here. All the types of people have been identified in the Qur?an in detail. The first type is people who totally reject their creator, even by words and will not acknowledge Allah under any circumstance. They will attempt to refute all signs they see and hear, and will not comprehend them.

Another type of disbelieving people are those who say they believe. For example, they may say, "their is a god out there" and can even seem very sincere in their claim. However, these people fail to question further into what this ?god? wants from them and so fail to grasp the purpose of their existence. In truth however, this type of people too do not have faith in the existence Allah, just as the first type. If they really had faith, they would have searched for the truth and discovered their purpose in life, instead of remaining heedless all their lives. But because they don?t really believe in their hearts, they lead a life intentionally remote from religion.

There are also those who think they are Muslim simply by having an Arabic name. They know that they are not fulfilling their religious duties stated in the Qur?an and feel guilty, but satisfy their consciences by looking at the majority of the irreligious people around them. On Fridays, they attend the prayers and feel satisfied they have done sufficient in fulfilling Allah's commands. When such a person encounters a true believer, this person uses Arabic jargon words such as "God-wiling", "praise be to God" to gain the approval of the believer. However such people's insincerity in religion is manifested in their deeds and actions which do not conform to the believer model in the Qur'an. This is why they can be easily identified by the true believer adhering to the Qur?anic guidance.

The purpose of the existence human beings is to earn the good pleasure of Allah. It is to enter the eternal paradise promised by Allah to the believers, and to save one's self from the fire of hell prepared for those who pay no heed to Allah or His religion. This involves being vigilant of every move one makes in life, as well as observing all the commandments in the Qur?an including the obligatory rituals like prayer and fasting.

The true believer is on an exalted path and can identify the sorts of people we have discussed above as well as other types. All the types of people a believer can encounter in life have been detailed in the Qur'an - we have seen just a few. The believer can diagnose each and every individual he or she encounters by the guidance of the Qur'an. He constantly looks for ways to explain to such people the existence of Allah and Allah's infinite mercy and power over everyone and the Book sent down by Allah. For each type of person he will have a different method and appropriate things to say, in an attempt to show the right path he has been enlightened with.