Page 63 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Who is better: Someone who founds his building on fear
of Allah and His good pleasure, or someone who founds
his building on the brink of a crumbling precipice so
that it collapses with him into the Fire of Hell? Allah
does not love wrongdoers. (Surat at-Tawba, 109)
Despite the clear truth revealed in this verse, the importance
of winning Allah's favor has been almost totally lost in today's
many societies. A majority of people have come to see themselves
as attached to others rather than to Allah. At the root of this is
human beings' endless desire to show off and receive praise.

People's Passion for Showing Off
and Earning Praise
The human ego wants to show off and receive praise from
others. People, still unaware that Allah has created them as His
servants and that they survive by what He gives them, want to re-
ceive praise and are eager to obtain a selfish superiority by doing
all they can to show off to others. They believe that they possess
their talents by their own power and that can obtain everything
they want with their own hands. Allah gives us an example of this
wrong state of mind in the person of a vineyard owner:
He was a man of wealth and property and he said to his
companion, debating with him, "I have more wealth
than you and more people under me." He entered his
garden and wronged himself by saying, "I do not think
that this will ever end." [He said,] "I do not think the
Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back to my
Lord, I will definitely get something better in return."
(Surat al-Kahf, 34-36)

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