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Adnan Oktar                        71


               They have lost the satisfactions of behaving in a
               moral way

               Everyone likes to see mature moral attitudes that
            accord with those taught by the Qur’an, to be treated well,
            to have their failures tolerated, to be treated fairly if a prob-
            lem arises, and to be approached with humble warmth
            despite the level of their arrogance. No matter how unac-
            ceptable their behavior is, they want others to be patient
            with them, offer help when they need it, forgive their mis-
            takes regardless of their constant nature, and treat them
            with respect. When this does not happen, they become
            very irritated and never stop complaining that humanity is
            dead, people are not the way they used to be, everyone
            only thinks of themselves, and that people can no longer
            feel any human emotions in this material world. Despite
            these accusations, they make no effort to treat others in
            any better way. They want others to treat them kindly,
            while they think only of themselves. They want hardships
            to fall on others rather than on themselves, and because of
            their ignorant beliefs, they avoid moral behavior. At the root
            of this backward logic lies a lack of fear of Allah; as a
            result, these people act only for the sake of gain, rather
            than heeding the voice of their conscience.
               Only belief and one’s fear and respect of Allah can bring
            about a good moral character. Otherwise, one’s good
            behavior is always calculated and intermittent. For exam-
            ple, when he feels that he can profit from some transac-
            tion, he may appear to set his ignorant morality aside; he
            may seem suddenly generous and tolerant, but is led into

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