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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

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The external world is created for us solely as an illusion, and
we observe it through the soul, which in turn belongs to Allah. All
who come to realize this will see that all created entities belong to
Him and will seek to understand the wisdom in our Lord’s sublime
creation. They will realize that the life of this world consists of a
test presented through the images shown to them, and that their
true life will be that in the eternal Hereafter. When they realize that
this world consists of a transitory dream they will also abandon
their devotion to this life, which has no material reality, and to the
things of this world. They will direct their true love and devotion
to our Almighty Lord, Who has endless power, the only true Lord
of all, Whose existence pervades all things. They will see the illog-
icality of seeking after a mere illusion. They will instead seek to at-
tain the approval of Allah, the true Lord of existence and eternity.
They will understand that the love and approval, the mercy and
Paradise of Allah are far too valuable to be exchanged for
anything created in this world of illusion. Once
they comprehend that fact, they will strive to
attain the life of Paradise, with its infinite
blessings, instead of being caught up in long-
ing for the worthless worldly desires, seeking to
gain advantages and resorting to oppression, cru-
elty and ruthlessness to that end.
They will seek to devote the brief life span al-
lotted to them to exhibiting proper moral values and behav-
ing in the finest manner possible. They will hope to attain the
best of all things in the Hereafter and do all they can to have no
regrets in that eternal life. The more they appreciate our Lord’s
might, they will realize that Allah has created infinite bless-
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