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SATAN'S SLY GAME:
THE FALSE RELIGION OF PEOPLE-WORSHIP

will plunge the world into disorder. Thoughts and feelings that
have no place in society will become rampant—fights over
profit-taking, enmity, anger, hatred and jealousy. Such a
world—a place dominated by misery and disorder—will be-
come hard to live in. This is the reward in this world that Allah
will give to those who ascribe equals to Him. In the hereafter a
more tragic end awaits them. In the Qur'an Allah says:
They were not able to thwart Allah on earth, and had no
protectors besides Allah. The punishment will be dou-
bled for them. They were unable to hear and could not
see. Those are the people who have lost their own
selves. What they invented has abandoned them.
Without question they will be the greatest losers in the
hereafter. (Surah Hud, 20-22)

The Delusion of "Howcome No One Else
Sees the Truth But You!"
Another delusion this superstitious system which encour-
ages not believing in Allah and idolizing others (Allah is beyond
that) puts forward as an excuse is to refuse to see the truth or re-
ject it completely. Along with conforming to the majority evi-
dent in ignorant societies, comes a refusal to listen to people
with faith. While Muslims invite such people to believe in Allah
and obey His commands, they affirm their perverted belief in
their ancestors and superstitious laws they have passed down.
They aver that they will never compromise the superstitious
laws and way of life their society has taught them. Allah de-
scribes this errant mentality in the Qur'an as follows:
When they are told, "Follow what Allah has sent down

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