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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

mains that in every age Muslims are put to the test
through different events. Today, for instance, Muslims
must engage in a struggle on intellectual grounds against
those who deny the Qur’an and the facts of creation and
who strive to sow immorality in society. Muslims should
determine the best course to follow in this intellectual
struggle they take upon themselves and then carry it
through with commitment. Yet, even if one has the
strength to undertake this responsibility, if one involves
oneself with issues of no great urgency only to satisfy
one’s own desires, that will only incur the displeasure of
Allah. A believer must scrupulously avoid falling into
such a situation.
In any case, such a tendency does not conform to a
Muslim’s sense of right conduct. He is someone who has
been chosen by Allah and to whom faith has been granted;
he is held responsible for extirpating wrongdoing from
society, replacing it with peace, and establishing an envi-
ronment where everyone lives by Allah’s religion. He is
responsible for struggling on intellectual grounds for
those men, women and children who are oppressed and
who say: “Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhab-
itants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give
us a helper from You!...” (Surat an-Nisa: 75)
This theme is not confined to an intellectual struggle
only. Throughout his life, a believer must maintain this
standpoint in his daily life, his worship and in all the
events he encounters.
Meanwhile, we need to bear in mind that the expres-
sion, “doing what is most pleasing to Allah” is used to

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