Page 49 - The Silent Language Of Evil

Harun Yahya

The Qur'an says that everyone is responsible for
himself

You who believe! You are only responsible for yourselves.
The misguided cannot harm you as long as you are guided.
All of you will return to Allah and He will inform you
about what you were doing. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 105)
These people know the truth, but use the excuse that "Everyone
does it"—not because they are deceived into believing it, but in
order to protect themselves.
However, if they examined their situation is in the light of the
Qur'an, they would realize that every criticism is definitely good for
them. Even if many people are behaving wrongly at any given mo-
ment, Allah's making an individual hear that this behavior is wrong
is a great mercy on him. But instead of interpreting the matter in this
way, most people attempt to offer excuses for their incorrect behav-
ior. But this will result in great loss for them in this world and the
next.

They claim they did not know that their behavior
was wrong
Some people who follow satan's intimations offer the excuse of
ignorance for their mistakes. However, this is one of the methods
satan has taught them in order to make themselves appear innocent.
Most of the time, they know very well that what they did was
wrong, but defend themselves by pretending that they really did not
know it was. They try to justify themselves by saying, "I would
never have done it if I had known," or that "I did it out of ignorance,
without thinking." True, people can commit some errors out of igno-
rance, but that is quite different from the perversity caused by

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