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is not fed?” Say: “I am commanded to be the first of
the Muslims,” and, “Do not be among the idol-
aters.” (Surat al-An‘am: 14)

Their Messengers said, “Is there any doubt about
Allah, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and the
earth? He summons you to forgive you for your
wrong actions and to defer you until a specified
time.” They said, “You are nothing but human be-
ings like ourselves who want to debar us from what
our fathers worshipped; so bring us a clear authori-
ty.” (Surah Ibrahim: 10)
People who ignorantly ascribe divinity to man and
regard him as a being of power and might are simply ig-
noring their incapacity. It is a great irrational perversion
for someone who is helpless against an invisibly small
virus, who cannot intervene in the faultlessly function-
ing system of his body and who can not delay the ap-
pointed moment of his death by Allah by even one sec-
ond to claim a divine status, in his own eyes. Every hu-
man being came into existence by Allah’s command of
“Be!” In this life on earth, our Lord is trying each human

and will hold him accountable for his every action.
It is revealed in the Qur’an that the Prophet Eber’s
(pbuh) people were idolaters who persisted in rejecting
Allah but remained loyal to the worship of their ficti-
tious idols. The Prophet Eber’s (pbuh) reminder to them
is related in the verses:
I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord.
There is no creature He does not hold by the fore-
lock. My Lord is on a Straight Path. (Surah Hud: 56)

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)