Page 87 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

autonomous individual independent of Allah and so, does his
best to win their favor. Having memorized a few reactions that
society has taught him, he uses them because they are what
other people expect.
But in a society of ignorance, this problem situation is so
widespread that no one is aware of its extent. People seldom re-
alize that this artificial identity is the source of the anxiety and
discontent in which they live. Only a person devoted to Allah,
who practices the moral teachings of the Qur'an and does not
seek to please others, can detect all this artificiality and correct
the cause of this distressingly insincere behavior. Those who be-
lieve in the religion of people worship and others who accept
similar superstitious rules regard all these things as "facts of
life" and the "responsibilities that life heaps on a person."
Allah keeps His servants away from the distress that insin-
cerity brings. He lets them taste the blessings of freedom
brought by living in accord with human nature. No matter
where or with whom a believer finds himself, and no matter
how easy or difficult the conditions he must deal with, he is al-
ways aware that Allah is at his side. If three persons are gath-
ered in one place, he knows that Allah is the fourth. Allah
reveals this truth to us in the Quran as thus:
Do you not see that Allah knows what is in the heavens
and on the earth? Three men cannot confer together se-
cretly without Him being the fourth of them, or five
without Him being the sixth of them, or fewer than that
or more without Him being with them wherever they
are. Then He will inform them on the Day of
Resurrection of what they did. Allah has knowledge of
all things. (Surat al-Mujadala, 7)

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