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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

believes the opposite or acts on the contrary would be deceiving
himself. As a result, whereas ignorant people live with the ten-
sions and difficulties of not trusting Allah, even in their most
prosperous and comfortable days, one who believes in realities
lives with the ease, happiness, and comfort religion brings to
people, no matter what kind of condition one might be in.
Allah informs about believers in the Qur'an as:
Yes, the friends of Allah will feel no fear and will know
no sorrow: for those who believe and guard against evil,
there is good news in the life of this world and in the
Hereafter. There is no changing the Word of Allah. That
is the great victory! (Surah Yunus: 62-64)

The rewards of just seeking for Allah's approval

If you pay attention, you will notice that most people try to
win the approval, likeness, and love of each other throughout
their lives—of friends, bosses, co-workers, neighbors, followers,
children… In the life of a person with this kind of mentality,
there is always someone he aims to please, in his way of life,
from his style of dressing and his manner of speech to the music
he listens to, basically, in everything. This, from many different
perspectives, is a very difficult, boring, tiring, and wearisome
life. Above all else, one who seeks other people's approval will
always have to suppress his conscience. For example, he will
hesitate to point out the wrongful actions of a group of friends
he has recently made, in order not to be an outcast and to be ac-
cepted by others. All his life he will make concessions in what
his conscience tells him out of fear of being alone and losing the
people around him. This behavior will make him very uncom-
fortable in the beginning, but with time his conscience will be-

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