Page 139 - The Prophet Abraham (pbuh)

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Say: "I have not asked you for any wage—it is all for you.
My wage is the responsibility of Allah alone. He is wit-
ness of everything." (Surah Saba': 47)
In one hadith, our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace) says: "Allah accepts those deeds that were performed

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purely for His sake and that were meant to seek His pleasure." He
calls on all people to behave with pure sincerity. When we look
at the prophets' prayers and warnings, we see that they called
their tribes to believe in Allah and perform good works, not to
be deceived by this world's transient blessings, and to work on-
ly to gain the abode in the Hereafter.
One important quality that believers need to possess is the

ability to focus all of their thought about reaching this abode.
Everything they do or say must have the gaining of Allah's
good pleasure as its only goal. Believers must always feel a
longing for the Hereafter (the true life) and must never be
bound to the life of this world. Of course, they will use the
blessings of Allah in this world to thank Him and think about
the originals of these blessings in the Hereafter. Yet these bless-
ings must never become an end in themselves. Rather, each one
must be seen as a means of winning Allah's good pleasure, ex-

plaining religion's moral values, and recalling the life of the
Hereafter.
Thinking about Paradise's infinite beauties, rejoicing at
Allah's promise of Paradise, avoiding Hell's endless torments,
and keeping this in mind are important ways for believers to
increase their closeness to Allah and their enthusiasm for living
by the Qur'an's moral values. Otherwise, satan will seek to use

their forgetfulness and encourage them to live without worry-
ing about the Day of Judgment. Believers must never fall into

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