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A person may not want to concede this reality and may keep thinking of
himself as independent of Allah; but this changes nothing.

Everything You Possess Is Intrinsically Illusory
It is clear, scientific, and logical that we are not in direct contact with the
"external world," only with a copy of it that Allah perpetually presents to our
soul. Nevertheless, people are unwilling to think of this.

If you consider this issue sincerely and boldly, you'll soon realize that your
house, the furniture in it, your car, your office, jewels, your bank account,
wardrobe, spouse, children, your colleagues-in fact, all else that you possess-
resides in your mind. Everything around you that you see, hear, or smell-in
short, perceive with your five senses- is a part of this "replica world," including
the voice of your favourite singer, the hardness of the chair you sit on, a per-
fume whose smell you like, the sun that warms you, a flower's beautiful
colours, a bird flying past your window, a speedboat moving swiftly on the
water, your fertile garden, the computer you use at your job, your hi-fi with the
most advanced technology in the world...

If one ponders deeply on all that is said here, one will soon realise this amazing, extraordinary
situation by oneself: that all the events in the world are but mere imagination…

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