Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
ENJOINING GOOD AND FORBIDDING EVIL A crucial aspect of being a balanced nation is the noble act of promoting what is good and forbidding what is evil. Those who claim to be Submitters – Muslims, should ideally be the best example for mankind. You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient. – Quran 3:110 The exceptional feat of Muslims being the ideal evolution of mankind is tied to enjoining righteousness and forbidding evil. The divine honour mankind has been bestowed is directly linked with the primary purpose of creation – to worship The Creator. Furthermore, the righteousness characteristic somewhat justifies the creation of man, because when Allah informed the angels, He was going to create man, the angels wondered why. However, in His u