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alladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-yabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-hum bi-l-ʾākhirati kāfirūna
—Those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah Al-‘A’raf, Verse 45
45. "The unjust are those who hinder (people) from Allah’s way and seek to make it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter."
The way of Allah is the way of Unity, submission, Faith, emigration, and Holy Struggle. Transgressors hinder people from the way of Allah (S.w.T.) by means of creating doubts, temptations, propaganda, weakening them, and also by producing innovations and superstitions. They also oppose the leaders of truth and create despair through their hindering the affairs. Or, they cause some changes and deviations in the way of Allah (S.w.T.). The holy verse says as follows:
Yes, any hindrance from Allah’s way, or creating any deviation in it, is transgression, and cultural transgression is the greatest one. The enemy may also fight manifestly and, if he can, he hinders the way of Allah absolutely. But, if he cannot, by applying different designs, he deviates the way and creates some changes alongside the path.