According to Allama Iqbal, true faith is like the faith of Abraham who jumped into fire, undaunted and was saved by his strong faith in God.
["There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge : if good befalls them they are, therewith, well con-tent; but if a trial comes to them, they, turn their faces; they lose both this world and the Hereafter; that is loss for all to see."]
People do have affection for their ideologies. They love their religion But the fact remains that all are not firm. There are many who, though not hypocrites, are not men of courage. They lack steadfastness Face to face with a trying situation, they give way and thus lose face before their society as well as Allah. Feeble-minded people are believers as long as all goes well. They are believers in Allah as long as they are not called upon to make genuine sacrifice in His cause. They are easygoing persons. Their ideologies are oral. They recite the name of Allah only mechanically. They exhibit devotion. But they never defend the object of their devotion if defence entails some risk. Comfort is. not to be imperilled. Wealth is not to be parted with. Their own lives and the lives of their kith and kin look too valuable to be sacrificed for the sake of faith. Quite obvious. Their belief is not even skin-deep. Says Allamah Muhammad lqbal: