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26 WHY DO YOU DECEIVE YOURSELF?

these people avoid intelligent reasoning and common rationality, sim-
ply so as to evade accepting the existence of the Hereafter and coming
face to face with its reality. These are some of the relevant verses:
They will say, "Are we to be restored to how we were when
we have become perished, worm-eaten bones?" They say,
"That will clearly be a losing restoration!" (Surat an-Nazi'at:
10-12)
As we can see from the verses above, people who reject the
Hereafter and resurrection are actually aware that the fact that they

will be resurrected will not be to their benefit, so as far as possible they
try not to let it cross their minds and using sophisticated speech and
twisted logic they attempt to cover it up and encourage others to do
the same. The Qur'an gives us this example:
He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation, say-
ing, "Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?"
Say, "He Who made them in the first place will bring them
back to life. He has total knowledge of each created thing."
(Surah Ya Sin: 78-79)
People who choose this method of deceiving themselves on the
subject of the Hereafter reflect this rationale in all their thinking and
behavior. There are no bounds to the excesses of a person who makes
himself believe that there will be no Judgment Day after death and no
eternal life in Paradise or Hell, because one of the reasons for people to

fear and avoid excess is the knowledge that what they do will have its
consequences in the Hereafter. By letting go of this belief, they begin to
belittle and neglect their responsibilities towards Allah. Only people
who believe in the Hereafter can be aware that its repayment for ig-
noring the truth through self-deception during the life of this world is
great pain and suffering.