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               50  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (28): 39-64, Autumn 2021

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               (Ref to: Qur'an, 2: 25, 82, 277;          1.  Insight
               3: 57; 4: 57, 122, etc)               Insight is the ability to see and
                  In other words, a mere faith       understand  the  truth  about
               without  righteous  deeds  will       people  or  situations.  (Hornby,
               not  bring  about  the  desired       2000: 620) One of the pleasant

               benefit to man and his society.       and most significant effects the
               Therefore, the salvation of man       faith  in  God  infuses  into  the
               and  his  society  depends  on  a     life of a believer is an insight,
               correct religious belief or faith     which is essentially a means to
               (i.e., Imān) that is accompanied      distinguish  right  from  wrong;
               by  righteous  actions  that  are     good  from  evil;  friends  from

               commensurate to the goal.             foes,  and  to  recognize  the
                                                     causes of happiness and misery.
               Faith and Attaining a Pure Life          In  other  words,  a  good
               In  Islam,  religious  belief  or     personal  and  social  life  that  is
               faith  is  not  just  the  basis  of   achieved in the light of faith is

               spirituality;  but  it  is  also  a   illuminated  by  the  light  of
               means of attaining a great peak       insight.  If  the  people  of  the
               in  this  material  world  and  the   society  do  not  have  enough
               Hereafter.  That  is  to  say,  faith   insight and thinking capability,
               has numerous significant impacts      the  lofty  goals  of  religious
               on  the  life  of  an  individual  as   rulings  and  orders  will  not  be
               well  as  the  society  at  large.    achieved. (Khalilian Ushkozari
               Thus,  we  shall  examine  some       et al, 2015: 245)

               of the roles of faith in attaining       If a person is endowed with
               a  goodly  pure  life  particularly   this  noble  trait,  he  will  live  a
               in this modern age.                   goodly pure life and will reach

                                                     his  destination  faster.  This  is
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