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rates or fashion very well. However, they cannot see Allah’s signs which every-
where, and cannot grasp Allah’s might. They may seem to be accepting Allah’s
existence verbally, but this is a very crooked form of ‘belief’. As stated in a
verse, "you have made Him into something to cast disdainfully behind
your backs!" (Surah Hud: 92)
These people are not aware of Allah and the hereafter in a real sense. For
this reason, the social order they have adopted is a system based on ignorance
of Allah and disregarding His existence. However "cultivated" these people, who
are heedless of Allah, might seem, they are in truth deeply ignorant and this is
why a society made up of these people is called "an ignorant society" in the
Qur’an.
The members of this society cannot conceive of Allah by their own efforts.
For this reason, Allah has revealed the Qur’an to men as a "guidance" (Surat
al-Baqarah: 2). The Qur’an communicates to people the facts of which they
are unaware and invites them to know Allah and serve Him. Dissemination of
the Qur’an among people will be, in accordance with Allah’s command,
through those who believe in it, that is, the believers. With regard to the numer-
ous orders of Allah concerning the communication of religion, believers are
responsible for conveying the message of the Qur’an to other people, and sum-
moning them to the right path of Allah.
In this book, we tried to explain some subjects in the Qur’an to which Allah
calls our attention. We attempted to call attention to only a few of Allah’s infi-
nite signs in the universe, and make them more noticeable. We sought to put
light on those great facts which are unrealised by the ignorant society which
has forgotten Allah. At this point, there are two options awaiting the person
who has read this book or any other book written for the purpose of inviting
to Qur’an’s way:
The first is to be guided to Allah’s way. He creates us, and so we are
responsible for serving Him. A person may ponder this fact at any time, any
day in his life and give up his old ways, which he passed without knowing
Allah. He asks forgiveness of Allah and he starts a new life guided by Him.
The second option is to close this book and continue on his way as if noth-
ing has happened. In this case, the person will go on living like "some people"

who are unaware of Allah, and will keep on complying with the system of the
ignorant society in which he lives.
The first option is the path that will take one to eternal bliss and salvation.
The second has only pain, desperation, disappointment and punishment at its
end.
The choice is for man to make…

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