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*T/ie Great Thoughts of Islam 29
Flight before unbelievers in battle.
Seizing the property of the orphan.
And the constant repetition of lesser sins
becomes a greater
sin.
Lesser sins are very many, and are not
enumerated ; among them are gambling,
the use of images
in worship, and slander.
Punishment awarded by the law is
very
severe ; the punishment awarded by God
is as He shall ordain. The future has a
great share in the thought of the people of
the East ; they are less materialistic, less
bound up
in the present life than those of
the West. Therefore the present life is
more affected by the future possibilities,
and in the case of a larger proportion of
men and women than is the case with us.
4. THE JUDGMENT
OF GOD.
" The striking.
What is the striking and 'what shall
make thee to understand how terrible the striking
will be
On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad, and