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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

ally intervening in worldly affairs. (Surely Allah is beyond that.) The
basis of this corrupt logic actually lies in the mistaken thought that the
universe is merely an assembly of matter and Allah is "outside" this
material world, in a faraway place. (Surely Allah is beyond that.)
The only real absolute being is Allah. That means that only
Allah exists; matter is not absolute being. The material world on
the outside is one of the works of Allah's sublime Creation. Allah
is surely "everywhere" and encompasses all. This reality is ex-
plained in the Qur'an as follows;

Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He
is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens
and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except
by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is be-
hind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what
He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth
and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the
Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara: 255)
The facts that Allah is not bound by space and that He encom-
passes everything are stated in another verse as follows:

Both East and West belong to Allah, so wherever you turn, the
Face of Allah is there. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.
(Surat al-Baqara: 115)
The fullness of faith consists of understanding this truth, avoid-
ing the mistake of associating others with Allah and acknowledging
Allah as the One Absolute Being. Someone who knows that, apart
from Allah, everything is a shadow existence, will say with certain
faith (at the level of Haqq-al yakin—truth of certainty) that only
Allah exists and there is no other deity (or any being with strength)
besides Him.
The materialists do not believe in the existence of Allah, because
they cannot see Him with their eyes. But their claims are complete-
ly invalidated when they learn the real nature of matter. Someone
who learns this truth understands that his own existence has the

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