Page 107 - The Debased Culture of Superficiality

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar 105

. . . He casts uncleanness on those who do not use their
intellect. (Surah Yunus: 100)
For example, they take no real pleasure from wearing
clean clothes or living in a clean environment. They appear to
attach importance to these things in places where other peo-
ple can see them. Apart from this, they do not care anything
about cleanliness or what it entails. All this is proof that
shows that they do not possess the personal dignity that is
the mark of people with faith.
People who share the culture of superficiality attach no
importance to aesthetics, eye-pleasing order or, more impor-
tantly, good moral character. That they care nothing for aes-
thetics or beauty can easily be seen from the way they pay no
attention to these things. However, an individual whose per-
sonality is formed by the morality of the Qur’an and who
knows that Allah is aware of all he does, always wants to
look his best in Allah’s sight. Allah says that He has created
human beings best among all other creatures:
We created man in the finest mould. (Surat at-Tin: 4)
For this reason, in everything they do throughout their
whole lives human beings should emphasize this blessing of
Allah and act so as not to weaken their human aspects.
Besides, Allah tells us in the Qur’an that He will lower the
state of those who do not use their good qualities and behave
according to the creation that makes them superior to other
creatures. We can see from the following verse that only
those who show their faith in the works they do will not be
put into this lowly state:
Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low, except for