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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

sent by Allah. These people perished in an instant due to their rebel-
liousness and non-compliance with Allah's limitations.
Allah has sent whirlwinds against some, which have ripped
their homes apart, to others, he has sent a squall, which has levelled
their cities to the ground. Concerning earthquakes, so many groups
of people have been buried with all their wealth, whilst others have
been drowned, and others still have been turned to stone when en-
cased in hot lava. (For further information, please see Perished
Nations by Harun Yahya, Taha Publishers, London, 5th edition 2003)

Their situation in the Hereafter

People have a very limited time on Earth of approximately sixty
to seventy years. In the blink of an eye, fifty years of one's life have
passed: one has finished school, found a proper job, bought a decent
car, got suitably married, bought a house, had a couple of children
and one's body is covered in wrinkles. With approximately five to
ten years remaining, one senses the approach of death. However,
what is striking is that some people will continue to deny its in-
evitability and become determined to lead the few years they have
remaining without thinking about death. Allah cautions people who
are in this situation:
How clear will be their hearing, how perfect their sight, on
the Day they come to Us; whereas today the wrongdoers are
clearly misguided. Warn them of the Day of Bitter Regret
when the affair will be resolved. But they take no notice.
They have no faith. (Surah Maryam: 38-39)
At the end of their prodigal lives these people assume they will
gently surrender their souls to rest in eternal peace, but they are in
for a rude awakening. Instead, when they least expect it, they will

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