Page 103 - The Debased Culture of Superficiality

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar 101

Some people perpetuate this lack of understanding and
reproachful attitude for months or even years. It arises from
their shallow way of thinking. These people do not fear Allah
as they ought and so they struggle with small matters, think-
ing that they are actually disasters. If a friend of such a per-
son meets with another mutual friend without informing this
person and do not invite him, he will quickly become upset
and even end the friendship. Such people focus their entire
attention on unimportant issues that arise in their small
worlds; and yet while they are doing this, death is fast
approaching. Such people live in their superficiality with no
preparations for the world to come. They completely ignore
the fact that one day they will die, be buried and give an
account in the next life.
Muslims are individuals with common goals and values,
who love Allah, work to win His favor, mercy and to attain
Paradise. They have faith in Allah, obey Him, and practice
the morality of the Qur’an. This makes their love strong and
it takes deep root among them. As a corollary of this sense of
love and respect, they form strong bonds of friendship
among themselves. Both sides are extremely content in this
friendship. They practice the morality of the Qur’an in every-
thing they do and, as a result, their actions and conversations
are always natural and good. The warmth of Islamic morali-
ty radiates from their friendship. They perform acts of self-
sacrifice for one another. We are told in the Qur’an that such
people always put their friends’ wants before their own, and
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