Page 106 - The Struggle Against the Religion of Irreligion

Everything Possessed Is Intrinsically Illusory

It may be seen clearly as a scientific and logical fact that the

external world has no materialistic reality and that it is a collection of

images perpetually presented to the soul by Allah. Nevertheless,

people usually do not include, or rather do not want to include,

everything in this concept.

If you contemplate this issue sincerely and boldly, you will come

to realize that your house, the furniture inside it, your antiques, your

summer home, your car, your office, your jewels, your bank account,

your wardrobe, your spouse, your children, your colleagues, and all

that you possess are in fact included in the imaginary external world

projected to you. Everything you perceive with your five senses is a

part of this "illusionary world": the voice of your favorite singer, the

hardness of the chair upon which you sit, a perfume whose scent you

enjoy, the sun that keeps you warm, a flower with beautiful colors, a

bird flying in front of your window, a speedboat moving swiftly on the

water, your fertile garden, the computer you use at the office, or your

hi-fi with the most advanced technology in the world...

This is the reality, because the world is only a collection of

images created to test man. People are tested all through their limited

lives with perceptions bearing no reality. These perceptions are

102 Surah al-Anfal, 8:24.

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