Page 111 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

stay behind." They are pleased to be with those who stay behind.
Their hearts have been stamped, so they do not understand.
(Surat at-Tawba: 86-87)
The desert Arabs came with their excuses asking for permission to
stay, and those who lied to Allah and His messenger stayed be-
hind. A painful punishment will afflict those who do not be-
lieve. (Surat at-Tawba: 90)

This clearly shows that those people, who say that they live to win
Allah's favor, are actually more interested in this life than in the
Hereafter. Another reason why they avoid self-sacrifice is because they
are coward. They forget that Allah is the Ruler of humanity and can
create whatever and whenever He wills. Believing that people are in-
dependent of Allah and have autonomous power, they are very con-
cerned with others' opinion of them, completely unaware that only
Allah can prevent evil and bring them good. And so they try to please
other people, thinking that they can either harm or benefit them in
some way. But this is a great mistake, for this power belongs only to
Allah, Who created every individual and determines their every ac-
tion. As revealed in the Qur'an:
They will not fight against you all together as a group, except in
fortified towns or behind high walls. Their hostility towards
each other is intense. They are full of bravado in each other's
company. You consider them united, but their hearts are scat-
tered wide, because they are people who do not use their intel-
lect. (Surat al-Hashr: 14)
Their fear lets them sacrifice for and support believers only if their
material needs are assured and if they are sure that no one will harm
them. Allah reveals several truths to these people, as follows:

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