Page 35 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Submission of themselves and their wealth to Allah
Wealth and self are two concepts to which the ignorant society

attaches great importance. In fact for many, they are practically the
sole purpose of existence. Throughout their lives some people strive
to attain a status through which they can be respected and gain su-
periority. In the Qur’an, Allah draws attention to the fact that hoard-
ing wealth and being esteemed in society are the passions of some
ignorant people:
"Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire –
of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine
branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoy-
ment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return
[i.e., paradise]." 30

In another verse Allah informs us that wealth and status are but
trials:
"You will surely be tested in your possessions and in your-
selves." 31
With unquenchable desire in their hearts, people in ignorant so-
cieties aspire to wealth. Their greatest fear is harm to their posses-

sions or something of which they are proud because the damage
affects their main purpose in life. For this reason they dedicate
everything to the protection of their wealth and themselves and the
furtherance of their worldly interests. Their ignorant view that the life
of this world, its possessions and its alluring pleasures are more
valuable than Allah’s acceptance of them accounts for such an atti-
tude.

Believers, on the other hand, immediately set aside the material
benefits (to which people of ignorance dedicate their lives) in order
to earn the good pleasure of Allah and paradise. They are aware that

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