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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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