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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

that they seek to earn His good pleasure as their sole priority
in life.

Since it is Allah Who created man, provided him his
sustenance and all other such blessings, and Who promised
him eternal life in the , it would be an act of ingratitude for
man to seek the pleasure of others, or the gratification of his
own self, as his primary aim. The punishment for such
ungratefulness is eternal hellfire.

There are two choices a man can make; he can either
found his life on Allah's good pleasure, and thus earn the
reward of His paradise, or choose the path that leads to hell.
A third option is not available for him. This is clearly
expressed in the following verse:
Who is better: someone who founds his building on
fear of Allah and His good pleasure, or someone who

founds his building on the brink of a crumbling
precipice so that it collapses with him into the Fire of
hell? Allah does not love wrongdoers. (Surat at-Tawba:
109)
Those values praised in the Qur'an are those founded on
purely that which achieves Allah's pleasure. For example,

self-sacrifice, which is pleasing to Allah, is valid only if the
person does not expect anything for it in return, but rather
only to attain Allah's good pleasure. It is related in the Qur'an
that believers conduct themselves correctly only to seek
Allah's countenance:

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