Page 125 - Eternity Has Already Begun

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

he foregoing exposition should have given the reader
a clearer conception of the fact that All alone in time-
lessness, man is put to test in a world of images in his
mind, with the original of which he can by no means
be in touch. The verse, " Leave the person I created on his own to
Me alone," (Surat Al-Muddaththir: 11) is a clear indication of this
truth.
Once in possession of the facts explained in this book, the reader
will easily comprehend that including himself, man lives in a world,
which we only encounter with its copy. In this copy universe, the
sole absolute being is Allah. There is no other deity but Him. All the
things people attach importance to and hence cast their religion
away for are simply meaningless:
That is because Allah—He is the Truth, and what you call upon be-
sides Him is falsehood. Allah is the All-High, the Most Great.
(Surah Luqman: 30)
On a three-dimensional, high quality screen, an individual
watches a film being projected. Since he is almost attached to this
screen, he cannot succeed in detaching himself from it, so that he
may grasp the situation he is in. Forgetting that he is in the Presence
of Allah and is being tested by Him, he feels himself to be an inde-
pendent and separate being, apart from Allah. Hence, he assumes
himself to be very important. His experiences in life seem to be so
real that he considers his body, his possessions, his family, and
friends he watches on the screen to be real and feels pride in them.
However, as it is stated expressly in the verse, "Blessed be Him to
whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and
everything in between them..." (Surat az-Zukhruf: 85), the sole
owner of these possessions is Allah. Were Allah to withdraw this
image from the screen, even for a moment, the human watcher
would recognize that he is all alone. Furthermore, he would feel

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