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THE UNBELIEVERS’

ARGUMENTS AMONG

THEMSELVES

Those unbelievers whose “hearts are scattered wide”
always argue with themselves just as they argue with the
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picture at every point, convincing them that arguing is nat-
ural and that a quarrel between two people who love each
other is the “spice of life.” This shows just how widespread
his influence is. The media is especially eager to take up
this topic to legitimate arguing. The suggestion is that peo-
ple are not sincere, but opportunistic, in their relationships
with each other.
Instead of solving a matter, people say that “the less
you touch on provocative issues, the happier you will be.”
But in spite of all this distortion, it is possible to draw a
truth out of these ideas: those led astray by satan will never
stop arguing. They will argue until the Day of Judgment
and then even afterwards in Hell; they will argue among
themselves in the Hereafter just as they did in this world:
One “great blast” will seize them while they are quib-
Harun Yahya