Page 45 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

who doesn't fear Allah will easily do all matter of things con-
trary to His discipline, if he assumes his so doing will not raise
any eyebrows.
For this reason, the individual who behaves appropriately
should never forget the important fact that the only power to be
feared is Allah. It is He Who has created and controls the people
and events that he gets excited about, fears and whose impor-
tance he exaggerates. In Allah's Sight, neither wealth nor power
has any significance; all that is important is people's moral excel-
lence and fear of Him. Moreover, people encounter only those
events that are written in their destiny. If the man in our exam-
ple was fated to take that job, no power apart from Allah's could
change the course of events. No matter how many errors or mis-
takes he might make, that person is accepted for that job if Allah
has determined it. But if his fate has been determined otherwise,
he won't land that job, no matter what efforts he puts forth, be-
cause he cannot avoid the fate that Allah has determined for
him.
In the Qur'an Allah says that all events happen with His
knowledge:
Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves,
without its being in a Book before We make it happen.
That is something easy for Allah. (Surat al-Hadid, 22)
Always remember, this individual in our example may die
before he can take that job. In that case, the worldly fears he has
experienced all his life and the autonomy he has imputed to
other people would have no further meaning. All his efforts will
have been in vain. On the Day of Judgment, none of those whose
opinions he valued so highly will be of any support to him. As a

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