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the world. Therefore, while making a choice they assess from whom they can get
more benefit with less effort and then choose their side accordingly. Furthermore,
it is important for them to get benefits that are tactile, namely tangible. The verse
reveals hypocrites' mentality explicitly. If there are 'easy gains' which 'can be ob-
tained anytime soon' and 'can be gained without effort' then hypocrites may be
on Muslims' side. But when these conditions don't exist they start looking for other
places to rip advantage.

As you can see, in every phase of a hypocrite's life, in every choice he makes
there is this irreligious characteristic which is very important in recognizing the
hypocritical character.

ADNAN OKTAR: Two powers contend with
each other in man's soul: Conscience and
logic. Believers should always side with their

conscience… For example I was studying
they make. Thereby, a person who
interior architecture at Academy of Fine
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Arts at Mimar Sinan University. In the end
you become an interior architecture, and
open a studio or something. Another person
would say: 'I should get married and have
some kids since it will be more welcomed
in the society. When a married man who
has kids spreads the message of God, it

will be seen more feasible.' I could have

thought like that. Or I could have said 'Why

should I always stay in Istanbul? Sometimes
I can elucidate religion in Antalya.' or 'I
want to go abroad and spread the mes-
sage of Islam there.' But, I stayed in the
most dangerous place, at the heart of danger, where I was surrounded with
threats and I was spreading the message of God there. Who told me to do this?
My conscience. What would my logic say? It would say, 'Are you looking for

trouble?' It might say 'Go to a modern country. You won't face any danger or

something. No one will cause you a trouble there and you can live as you wish.'
Or it might say, 'Get married, mind your own business with your kids and com-
municate religion at the same time'. Who would say this? Logic. Logic destroys
a person. Look, I have always followed my conscience and people were
always surprised about it. They said, 'Are you looking for trouble?' But God
always gives wealth, plenty, beauty and success when one abides by one's
conscience. An abler and thriving system settles everywhere. Islam improves in
whirls. (A9 TV, January 21 , 2016)
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