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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
of those before them? They had greater strength than them
and cultivated the land and inhabited it in far greater num-
bers than they do... (Surat ar-Rum: 9)
… Did he not know that before him Allah had destroyed
generations with far greater strength than his and far more
possessions?... (Surat al-Qasas: 78)
How many generations We have destroyed before them who
had finer furnishings and a better outward show! (Surah
Maryam: 74)
The thing that distinguishes a true believer from other people is
their consciousness of all these issues, they fear Allah with inner
awe and behave cautiously. When they make a mistake or even
commit a wrong action, they are aware that Allah could respond im-
mediately and so they turn to Him in a state of remorse and repen-
tance, begging Him for forgiveness.
A true believer is very fearful of Allah but at the same time puts
his trust in Allah's infinite mercy. This sensibility comes purely as a
result of reflecting on the Hereafter.
In the Qur'an Allah makes mention of those people who have
quite the opposite attitude. Even though the coming punishment is
plain to see, they fail to connect it to the reality of their own predica-
ment and persist in their wrongful conduct. Their situation is de-
scribed in the Qur'an as follows:
When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on their valleys
they said, "This is a storm cloud which will give us rain." No,
rather it is what you desired to hasten—a wind containing
painful punishment, destroying everything at its Lord's
command! When morning came you could see nothing but
their dwellings. That is how We repay the people of the evil-
doers. (Surat al-Ahqaf: 24-25)

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