Page 423 - Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is a Descendant of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh)

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven, and they
spent the day ascending through it, they would only say:
"Our eyesight is befuddled! Or rather we have been put un-
der a spell!" (Surat al-Hijr, 14-15)

Words cannot express just how astonishing it is that this spell
should hold such a wide community in thrall, keep people from
the truth, and not be broken for 150 years. It is understandable that
one or a few people might believe in impossible scenarios and
claims full of stupidity and illogicality. However, "magic" is the on-
ly possible explanation for people from all over the world believ-
ing that unconscious and lifeless atoms suddenly decided to come
together and form a universe that functions with a flawless system
of organization, discipline, reason, and consciousness; a planet
named Earth with all of its features so perfectly suited to life; and
living things full of countless complex systems.
In fact, the Qur'an relates the incident of the Prophet Moses
(pbuh)and Pharaoh to show that some people who support athe-
istic philosophies actually influence others by magic. When
Pharaoh was told about the true religion, he told the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) to meet with his own magicians. When Moses
(pbuh) did so, he told them to demonstrate their abilities first. The
verses continue:

He said: "You throw." And when they threw, they cast a
spell on the people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear
of them. They produced an extremely powerful magic.
(Surat al-A'raf, 116)
As we have seen, Pharaoh's magicians were able to deceive
everyone, apart from Moses (pbuh) and those who believed in him.
However, his evidence broke the spell, or "swallowed up what
they had forged," as revealed in the verse:
We revealed to Moses: "Throw down your staff." And it im-

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