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When this secret is comprehended, the world becomes like Paradise
for any believer. All distressful material worries, anxieties, and fears
vanish. The person grasps that the entire universe has one single
Sovereign, that He creates the entire physical world as He pleases, and
that all one has to do is to turn unto Him. He then submits himself
entirely to Allah "to be devoted to His service". (Surah Al 'Imran: 35)
To comprehend this secret is the greatest gain in the world.
With this secret, another very important reality mentioned in the Qur'an is
unveiled: the fact that "Allah is nearer to man than his jugular vein." (Surah
Qaf: 16) As everybody knows, the jugular vein is inside the body. What could be
nearer to a person than his inside? This situation can be easily explained by the
fact that we cannot get out of our minds. This verse can also be much better com-
prehended by understanding this secret.
This is the plain truth. It should be well established that there is no other
helper and provider for man than Allah. Nothing is absolute but Allah; He is the
only absolute being in Whom one can seek refuge, appeal for help, and count
on for reward.
Wherever we turn, there is the Face of Allah …

1 Frederick Vester, Denken, Lernen, Vergessen, vga, 1978, p.6
2 R.L.Gregory, Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing, Oxford University Press Inc. New York, 1990, p.9
3 Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr.Einstein, William Sloane Associate, New York, 1948, p.20
4 Orhan Hancerlioglu, Dusunce Tarihi (The History of Thought), Istanbul: Remzi Bookstore, 6.ed.,
September 1995, p.447
5 V.I.Lenin, Materialism and Empirio-criticism, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1970, p.14
6 Bertrand Russell, ABC of Relativity, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1964, pp.161-162
7 R.L.Gregory, Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing, Oxford University Press Inc. New York, 1990, p.9
8 Ken Wilber, Holographic Paradigm and Other Paradoxes, p.20
9 George Politzer, Principes Fondamentaux de Philosophie, Editions Sociales, Paris 1954, p.53
10 Orhan Hancerlioglu, Dusunce Tarihi (The History of Thought), Istanbul: Remzi Bookstore, 6.ed., September
1995, p.261
11 George Politzer, Principes Fondamentaux de Philosophie, Editions Sociales, Paris 1954, p.65
12 Paul Davies, Tanr› ve Yeni Fizik, (God and The New Physics), translated by Murat Temelli, Im Publishing,
Istanbul 1995, pp.180-181
13Rennan Pekunlu, "Aldatmacanin Evrimsizligi", (Non-Evolution of Deceit), Bilim ve Utopya, December 1998
(V.I.Lenin, Materialism and Empirio-criticism, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1970, pp.334-335)
14 Alaettin Senel, "Evrim Aldatmacasi mi?, Devrin Aldatmacasi mi?", (Evolution Deceit or Deceit of the Epoch?),
Bilim ve Utopya, December 1998
15 Imam Rabbani Hz. Mektuplari (Letters of Rabbani), Vol.II, 357, Letter, p.163
16 Francois Jacob, Le Jeu des Possibles, University of Washington Press, 1982, p.111
17 Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr.Einstein, William Sloane Associate, New York, 1948, pp. 52- 53
18 Ibid., p.17
19 Ibid., p.58.
20 Paul Strathern, The Big Idea: Einstein and Relativity, Arrow Books, 1997, p. 57
21 Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr.Einstein, William Sloane Associate, New York, 1948, p.84
22 Ibid., pp.17-18

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