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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

an expert doctor, a successful engineer, a good father, a wealthy
businessman, an artist known worldwide, and things of this na-
ture. People strive, work hard, and at times sacrifice various
things in order to attain success, happiness, and a comfortable
life in many areas other than thus previously mentioned and
they try to reach a certain status by themselves. However, when
they become absorbed in all these, they forget or ignore the real
reason for their being in this world.
To rectify such a lapse everyone should ask himself certain
questions by reflecting on his life and thinking that he will one
day pass away. "Why am I in this world?" "What is the purpose
in my being alive?" "Maybe I was a really successful architect,
designed many buildings, became rich and wealthy, earned a
title, became well-known, but what did all these achievements
bring me? Which one of them will still have any value after
death? What kind of benefits will any of the things I left behind
in the world bring me in the Hereafter? Does my existence con-
sist only of life in this world?" These are the principal questions
people should ask themselves before they die.
At this point we should mention that obviously people will
have a career, even desire to be extremely successful in their ca-
reer and work hard at this. But, it is very important not to forget
that all forms of employment are devices that should bring peo-
ple closer to their ultimate aim. A great number of people how-
ever, forget or ignore their real purpose in life and devote their
entire lives to such things, which are transient and, in fact, mere
instruments.
There is a great reality that everyone can comprehend with-
out giving it any way deep thought: Allah has created humans
and the world with a purpose. As told to us in the Qur'an, the

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