Page 79 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

peaceful and secure environment believers provide. They find it
more comfortable among believers who display virtuous conduct
and would rather live in a society of this kind of people not encoun-
tered in an ignorant society. While lacking certainty in their hearts,
they do not entirely disbelieve, although they cannot integrate
completely into the society of ignorance nor into the society of be-

lievers. The doubt in their hearts accounts for this dilemma. They
find the life of this world more alluring but they also would like to
have the blessings Allah promises to believers in this world and the
hereafter. Although they have no certainty of faith, thoughts such
as, "What if it is correct?" and "What if those promises are really
true?" cause them to hope that in addition to worldly pleasures
they can also take advantage of the blessings and bounties that

believers attain.
They expect that believers with sincere faith will do the duties
that are required in the name of religion while they can take advan-
tage of any worldly benefits resulting from them. However, in case
of some hardship or problem they avoid joining them. In the Qur’an
the attitude of such people at the time of the Prophet Muhammad
(saas) illustrates this kind of rationale:
"And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and
if disaster strikes you, he says, ‘Allah has favored me in that
I was not present with them.’ But if bounty comes to you
from Allah, he will surely say, although there had never been
between you and him any affection, ‘Oh, I wish I had been
with them so I could have attained a great attainment.’" 114

"[There are] those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you
gain a victory from Allah, they say, ‘Were we not with you?’
But if the unbelievers have a success, they say [to them],

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