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Falsehood cannot reach it from before it or behind it –it is a revela-
tion from One Who is All-Wise, Praiseworthy. (Surah Fussilat: 42)
… The Qur’an was sent down as guidance for mankind, with Clear
Signs containing guidance and discrimination. (Surat al-Baqara: 185)
Someone who believes in Allah will spend his entire life according

to Allah’s good pleasure and will abide by Allah’s commandments re-
vealed in the Qur’an. A Believer is recognized by his deep love for, and
fear of Allah, genuine faith and strong conscience. As he follows the
voice of his conscience at all times in his life, he can distinguish between
right and wrong, has insight as well as foresight and is rational. He is
well aware of the great loss that is harvested by people who distance
themselves from the morality of the Qur’an and instead simply follow
the traditions inherited from their ancestors. The situation of the deniers
who lack these qualities is revealed in the verses:
Instead of Allah you worship only idols. You are inventing a lie.
Those you worship besides Allah have no power to provide for you.
So seek your provision from Allah and worship Him and give thanks
to Him. It is to Him you will be returned. (Surat al-‘Ankabut: 17)
Say: “Call on those you make claims for besides Allah. They have no
power over even the smallest particle, either in the heavens or in the
earth. They have no share in them. He has no need of their support.”
(Surah Saba’: 22)
Like all people who ascribe partners to Allah, Hindus too fall into
the same mistake by believing that the idols they worship have powers
independent of Allah. They believe that the idols of stone or wood be-
fore which they prostrate themselves can hear them and are aware of the

sins they commit and that they can harm or curse them. In reality they
commit a grave sin by believing in this falsehood and they enter an irra-
tional and illogical dead-end in this way. Allah offers them salvation in
the following way:

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)