Page 15 - The Pains of the False World

ARE YOU AWARE
YOU ARE LIVING IN A FALSE WORLD?

telligence; it cannot be acquired by hard work and experien-
ce, nor by solving mathematical problems or by occupying
one's self in complicated academic processes. Reason is a po-
wer of comprehension and understanding which comes abo-
ut by the will of Allah and belongs only to those who have fa-
ith. Allah has revealed in many verses of the Qur'an how de-
niers lack true reason. Some of these read as follows:

... Those who did not believe invented lies against
Allah. Most of them do not use their intellect. (Surat al-
Ma'ida, 103)
The likeness of those who do not believe is that of the
beast which, call out to it as one may, can hear nothing
but a shout and a cry. Deaf–dumb–blind. They do not
use their intellect. (Surat al-Baqara, 171)

The worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf and
dumb who have no intellect. (Surat al-Anfal, 22)
One of the principal reasons that unbelievers imagine this
world they live in to be real, forget about the Hereafter and
seek only to fulfill their earthly desires is that, as revealed in
the verses, they have "no intellect." They there f o re imagine
that their whole lives are restricted to this world. Their nar-
row-minded perspectives on events and other judgments are
nearly all directed towards this world. They see only the su-
perficial aspects of the life of this world, are unable to comp-
rehend its true purpose and spend their lives being totally
f o rgetful of the Here a f t e r. Allah reveals the following about

such people in the Qur'an:

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