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mediums are part and parcel of the New Age culture. Gurus resort to
deceiving their unwitting followers through lies such as claiming they

have the ability to prognosticate the future or speak directly with the
spirit world. In reality it is only Allah Who knows and sees the un-
known. Allah reveals in the Surat an-Naml as:
… No one in the heavens and the earth knows the Unseen except
Allah. (Surat an-Naml: 65)

And Allah reveals in the Surat al-Jinn that:
He is the Knower of the Unseen, and does not divulge His Unseen
to anyone–except a Messenger with whom He is well pleased, and
then He posts sentinels before him and behind him. (Surat al-Jinn:
26-27)
As these verses make clear, Allah can choose to reveal the un-
known to His beloved messengers, but no one else can acquire the
knowledge of the unknown by his own efforts, or by trying to make
contact with spirits. Within the perverse New Age movement there are
people who try to draw attention to themselves by claiming to be medi-

ums or fortune tellers. They are hoping to win the respect and admira-
tion of people, but more importantly, they have material gain in mind.
Unless Allah decrees otherwise, it is not possible to tell the future
by looking at some pieces of paper or gazing into a crystal:
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them
but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls
without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the
earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book. (Surat
al-An‘am: 59)
At present, certain groups are trying to make the New Age move-

ment fashionable. Well-known celebrities are used to present a thinly
disguised propaganda on behalf of these perverted practices, and use

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)