Page 137 - Darwin's Dilemma: The Soul

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

machine will go on projecting images on the screen, but he knows
that it is only light projected through the film onto the screen. What
is seen on the screen is not real, but yet it is there. He may watch the
movie, or he may decide to close his eyes and ears and stop looking
at the screen. Have you ever watched a movie, when at some point
the reel got stuck or there was a power failure? What happens to you
when you watch an interesting, absorbing film on the television and
then suddenly there are commercials? You are snapped out of the il-
lusion to the world around you.
When you are sleeping and dreaming, and someone wakes you up,
you feel thrown out of one world to a different one. It is the same in
the life we call reality. It is possible to wake up from it. 77
Just as in dreams, the world we inhabit consists of illusory im-
ages, illusory smells, tastes and feelings. One may, of course,
awake from this dream before this life comes to an end and see
the true facts. Awakening from this dream, realizing that this
world is not reality, will enable one to understand that the
true reality is the Hereafter. Someone who comprehends
the Hereafter becomes aware of the transitory nature of
this world, knows that he needs to attain Allah’s ap-
proval in order to achieve salvation in the Hereafter,
and begins striving to that end. This is one of the
facts that will bestow countless blessings on a per-
son in this world and in the Hereafter.
People who wake on the Day of Resurrection
are described in verses:

The Trumpet will be blown. That is the Day of
the Threat. Every self will come together with
a driver and a witness: “You were heedless of
this, so We have stripped you of your cover-
ing, and today your sight is sharp.” (Surah
Qaf, 20-22)

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