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that there will be no fear or sorrow for believers. One verse reads:

Those who say, "Our Lord is God," and then go straight will feel no fear
and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Ahqaf: 13)

A person who knows that throughout his whole life he has experience of
the images created by God in his brain of everything that has happened, and
every sound he has heard, will, instead of becoming fearful and vainly filled
with anxiety and panic, trust in the endless mercy and compassion of the
Creator Who made him and these images.

The Environment That Will Come To Be When The Real
Nature Of Matter Is Not Kept Secret

Those who know that they have no connection with the actual material
things, and that they are in the presence only of images that God presents to
them, will change their whole way of living, their view of life and their values.
This will be a change that will be useful both from the personal and social point
of view, because someone who sees this truth will live without difficulty
according to the high moral qualities that God has revealed in the Koran.
For those who do not regard the world as important and who understand

that matter is an illusion, it is spiritual things that deserve to be given
importance. Someone who knows that God is listening to him and watching
him at every moment, and is aware that he will render an account of his every
action in the hereafter, will naturally live a morally virtuous life. He will be
very careful about what God has commanded and what He has forbidden.
Everyone in society will be filled with love and respect for one another, and
everyone will compete with one another in the performance of good and noble

deeds. People will change the values according to which they judge others.
Material things will lose their value and therefore, people will be judged not
according to their standing and position in society but according to their moral
character and their piety. No one will pursue illusion; everyone will seek after
truth. Everyone will act without worrying about what others will think; the
only question in their minds will be whether or not God will be pleased with
what they do. In the place of the feelings of pride, arrogance and self-
satisfaction that come from possessions, property, standing and position, there
will be a sense of the understanding of humility and dependence. Therefore,

people will willingly live according to those examples of good moral qualities

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