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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

"Say: 'Why, then, does He punish you for your wrong ac-
tions? Surely you are mortals of His own Creation. He
forgives whoever He wills and He punishes whoever He
wills. The kingdom of the heavens and the Earth and
everything between them belongs to Allah. He is our
final destination.'" (Surat al-Ma'ida: 18)
Claiming to be without any imperfections and not making
any mistakes is a great burden for people. They try to be excep-
tional among their peers and because of this they constantly
monitor their behavior and are pretentious in manner. For ex-
ample, when they attend a meeting, they want to be the one who
gives the most influential speech, the best dressed, the one who
comes up with the cleverest solutions, and the one who attracts
the most attention. When they are in any type of gathering, they
try to put on airs of extraordinariness, distinction, and superior-
ity down to the very seat they choose to sit on; they can never ac-
cept going unnoticed in the midst of others. And because of this
they are as if sitting on a stack of needles, all the time. None of
their mannerisms can be natural or sincere. Everything they do
is calculated and planned to be commensurate with their asser-
tions. The suffering this will bring to a person and the burden it
will be on a person's shoulders are plain for all to see.
Moreover, it should be accepted that such people can never
reach their goals. As they become haughtier, they win the hatred
and anger of the people around them and when the things they
have are taken away from them, they become depressed and
angry at life. In one of His verses, Allah informs us that haughty
people can never reach their goals:
Certainly those who argue about the Signs of Allah
without any authority having been vouchsafed them

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