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est predicaments afflicting pagans throughout history. Allah reveals this
type of bigotry in the Surah Luqman:

When they are told: “Follow what Allah has sent down,” they say,
“No, we will follow what we found our fathers doing.” What! Even
if satan is calling them to the punishment of the Blazing Fire? (Surah
Luqman: 21)

Islam on the other hand invites people to follow the only absolute
and permanent truth in the universe, Allah’s revelation instead of su-
perstitious traditions. People who enter Islam abide in Almighty Allah,
He Who created them and all the universe, and His revealed book of
guidance, and not some culture created by people at a certain time in
history. Islam, the true religion of Allah, frees people from superstitious
beliefs, myths, nonsensical traditions and unquestioned social rules. It
calls a person only to abide and live by Allah’s rules and His infinite wis-
dom which is the only way to find happiness and salvation as Allah,
Who made this religion and created man, knows every need of man’s
soul and body, its weaknesses, necessities and remedies. Allah has cho-

sen Islam as the religion for us, the people He created. Since the begin-
ning of time, Allah has taught this religion to people through His mes-
sengers such as the Prophets Noah (pbuh), Abraham (pbuh), Moses
(pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh) and revealed it again to us through his final
messenger the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace). That is why Allah says: “…Today I have perfected your religion
for you and completed My blessing upon you and I am pleased with
Islam as a religion for you” (Surat al-Ma’ida: 3)
The true faith sent down by Allah purges believers of all irrational-
ity, pessimism, idol-worship and nonsense. Hinduism, on the other
hand, imprisons its believers in a bigoted world that depresses the spir-
it and represses the mind. The perverted rituals of Hinduism once again
demonstrate this fact.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)