زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٠٤ - Immunity from mistrust is the requisite of a safe community

It goes without saying that what is possible to provide in viewof rules and materialist governments, with connivance of their other faults, is security in life, financial and somehow social reputation respects( of course as far as it is possible to assess the effects of its damage in view of materialistic and legal rules ).

But, mental security in both parts, specially being safe frombad judgements of others is only possible through divinedoctrines and heavenly religions, as we know the areas of heartand mind are out of access of such rules and executive forcesgenerally having a material aspect, and lacking the leastimpression on these parts. Only religious beliefs and ethicalp rinciples, partic ularly in Islam, containing extensive andcons iderable instructions for achieving this objective, as one ofits great privileges, can penetrate into these areas and make itsafe. Quran exp licitly instructs the believers:.

يا ايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيراً مِنَ الظَّنِّ انَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ اثْمٌ‌ ..

O believers, eschew much suspicion, some susp icion is asin.. [١]

The phrase" much suspicion" may indicate that a major partor most of the suspicions of people about each other are" evil ones", and thereby Quran warns people about the great risk threatening their security in the minds of others, and has introduced it as a" general affection site".

However, the phrase" some suspicion is a sin", considering itsprevious phrase, may indicate that suspicions of people abouteach other may be partly based on the reality, but surely a partof them is against reality, as a sin and disobedience. Thus, intellect orders to avoid all types of suspicion for not being

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