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When they are told, “Come to what Allah has sent down and to the
Messenger,” they say, “What we found our fathers doing is enough
for us.” What! Even if their fathers did not know anything and were
not guided! (Surat al-Ma’ida: 104)
When they are told, “Follow what Allah has sent down to you,” They
say, “We are following what we found our fathers doing.” What,
even though their fathers did not understand a thing and were not
guided! (Surat al-Baqara: 170)
They said, “Have you come to us to turn us from what we found our
fathers doing, and to gain greatness in the land? We do not believe
you.” (Surah Yunus: 78)
It is possible to define Hinduism as the accumulated total of ways

of life promoted by various people without a basis in Allah’s revelation,
and brought together after a time under one name and then declared
supposedly sacred by man. However, even false religions have a book or
scriptures containing their rules and practices. Especially when the num-
bers of followers begin to swell and these false beliefs’ reach widens,
written scriptures become an ever greater necessity and thus the myths,
worship rituals and erroneous beliefs that were circulating for centuries
by word of mouth, come to be committed to paper. These books are writ-
ten by various people. For this reason it is possible to find in such scrip-
tures many contradictions, irrational and illogical narratives, much non-
sense, tales glorifying moral and psychological degeneration and whole
chapters promoting sexual misconduct and perversion. This is an invi-
tation to a gloomy life based on myths.
The various branches of Hinduism are based on four books known
as the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas and the holy Brahmans.
Hindus’ lives, perverse worship, complex beliefs and rituals are all
based on these superstitious books. The Brahman, termed to be the “sci-
ence of sacrifice”, contains detailed descriptions of rules and rituals and

is essentially an explanation of the Vedas. Despite the fact that these

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)