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magine a manager who has received a sound education
and has gained experience working in several departments
of a company. Assume, further that the owner of the com-
pany regards this manager as a success by appointing him
to the position of general manager. Then let him, as general manager, be
given unlimited authority for a year, running the company as he chooses,
organizing the employees and its commercial activities. However, let his
contract and rights be valid for one year only.
Naturally, at the end of that period, the owner of the company will
hold the manager to account and ask how wisely he used the powers en-

trusted to him and the kind of profits he earned. Any intelligent manager
will seek to demonstrate that he made the best of the means at his dispos-
al, thanks to which the owner will reward him for what he did. But a man-
ager who wastes the funds at his disposal, spending without thought or
calculation and consuming all the company’s assets, will show an enor-
mous lack of intellect. His year will go by very quickly, and he will then
be punished for misusing his authority.
In fact, every human being’s life bears a close resemblance to the sit-
uation of that general manager. Some of the elements a person is given to
manage are his limbs, and matchlessly designed organs and cells. But
these actually belong to God. A person has a duty to make the very best
use of these means entrusted to him for the specific duration of his life.
After death, he will give account to our Lord, Who created him and en-
dowed him with blessings. The way to make the best use of this great
blessing has been revealed in the Qur’an:

You who believe! Shall I direct you to a transaction which will save

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)