Page 52 - The Struggle Against the Religion of Irreligion

In contrast, believers are described as follows:

[They are] those who establish prayer and give zakah,

and they, of the Hereafter, are certain [in faith]. Those

are on [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those

who are successful. 41

[They are] those who believe in the Unseen, establish

prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them,

and who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O

Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of

the Hereafter are certain [in faith]. 42

Regarding the struggle against the religion of irreligion, there are

two important matters that need to be dealt with. One is to disprove

the theory of evolution from a scientific perspective so that people will

know they have not come into existence as a result of coincidence but

through an act of Allah's creation. The other is to inform people about

the real essence of matter and thus help their understanding of the

true religion. A person who understands that he is more than mere

matter also comprehends the infinite ability of his creator, Allah.

That Allah encompasses all things and is unbounded by time and

space, that all beings are created with their individual destinies, that

41 Surah Luqman, 31:4-5.
42 Surah al-Baqarah, 2:3-4.

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