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BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

in hell, which stinks and is utterly filthy. Vile smells, vile
filth, vile words, vile darkness, vile food and generally vile
everything are characteristics of hell. It is the exact opposite
in paradise. The water is lovely, for instance, and everything
smells lovely. Scents come in waves. One day it smells of

roses, the next of carnations, but everything will be much
more perfect. For example, the fruit is very delicious, very
perfect. When you eat a strawberry here you put sugar on it.
That is its deficiency, meaning that people have the concept
of a true strawberry in their minds. For example, one never
finds a completely normal orange, only very rarely. They
usually find a flaw in it. But they will find the true orange
there. They cannot find the real watermelon here, or have to
go and hunt for two hours, but they will see the true ones
there, by Allah's leave. (From Mr. Adnan Oktar's interview on
Cay TV, February 25, 2009)

THE AIM IS TO ATTAIN THE GOOD PLEASURE OF

ALLAH

Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah, making my
religion sincerely His." (Surat az-Zumar: 11)
Once having grasped the extent of Allah's infinite might,
to forget His existence and remain heedless is merely to
delude oneself. What Allah demands from human beings is

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