Page 116 - The Struggle Against the Religion of Irreligion

Materialism, too, becomes a mirage for the rebellious, just as stated in

this verse. When they seek security therein, they find it to be nothing

but an illusion. Allah has deceived them through this mirage and

beguiled them into perceiving a whole collection of images as real. All

those "eminent" people – professors, astronomers, biologists,

physicists and others – regardless of their rank and post, are simply

deceived like children and will be humiliated because they took matter

as their god. Assuming a collection of images to be real, they based

their whole philosophy and ideology on it, defended it, and adopted a

so-called "intellectual" discourse. They deemed themselves wise

enough to offer an argument about the reality of the universe and,

more importantly, to dispute about Allah in spite of their limited

intelligence.

"And they [i.e., disbelievers] planned, but Allah planned.

And Allah is the best of planners. 117

It may be possible to escape from human plots; however, Allah's

plan against the unbelievers is so firm that there is no way of escape

from it. No matter what they do or to whom they appeal, they will

never find a helper other than Allah:

116 Surah an-Nur, 24:39.
117 Surah ali ‘Imran, 3:54.

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