Page 157 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

it is immense. Why, when you heard it, did you not say, "We
have no business speaking about this. Glory be to You!
This is a terrible slander!"? Allah warns you never to repeat
the like of it again if you believe. (Surat an-Nur: 15-17)

They try to blame believers for things that happen
to them
These people, consumed by the thought of being treated un-
justly, persist in their unseemly morality even after being warned;
they think that others are responsible for whatever negative things
happen to them. They know what faith is and that they ought to be-
have morally, but still follow satan. They do not listen to advice, but
persist in their wickedness. They refuse to change, even though
Allah has given them various warnings, which are a great mercy to-
ward these people both in this world and the next.
The warnings' purpose is to make them open their awareness to
see the truth and realize that they are following the wrong path.
Allah reveals this in the Qur'an: "Do they not see that they are tried
once or twice in every year? But still they do not turn back. They
do not pay heed." (Surat at-Tawba: 126) Allah tells us that the nega-
tive things that happen to human beings are meant to cause them to
turn to faith: "... We seized them with punishment so that hope-
fully they would turn back." (Surat az-Zukhruf: 48)
But these warnings are difficult for people whose lower selves
claim that they are important and in the right. They feign ignorance
about them. They claim that others are responsible for the anxieties
that befall them. In the Qur'an, Allah gives the example of the people
of a city who displayed just such a moral character and to whom He
sent a Messenger.

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