Page 115 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

tention, one part directed toward the world and the other toward the
Hereafter, may not be enough to attain salvation in the Hereafter, for
everyone will be held responsible as to whether or not they did all they
could. Allah reveals that:

The hypocrites think that they deceive Allah, but He is deceiv-
ing them. When they get up to pray, they get up lazily, show-
ing off to people and only remembering Allah a very little.
They vacillate between the two – not joining these or joining
those. If Allah misguides someone, you will not find any way
for him to go. (Surat an-Nisa': 142-143)
These people also avoid service, self-sacrifice, and responsibility
because they live in anxiety about the possibility of becoming poor, los-
ing possessions, spending money, and falling into desperate poverty:

"Satan promises you poverty and commands you to avarice. Allah
promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah is All-
Encompassing, All-Knowing" (Surat al-Baqara: 268). For all of these
reasons, they avoid any act of self-sacrifice.
Allah reminds us that they do not realize how great an advantage
their acts of self-sacrifice would be for them in this world and the
Hereafter: "What harm would it have done them to have believed in
Allah and the Last Day and to have given of what Allah has provided
for them? Allah knows everything about them" (Surat an-Nisa': 39).
Believing that they have acquired their possessions by their own efforts
and that they can protect them and add to them on their own, they for-
get that Allah, the true Owner of whatever they possess, can give them
and withdraw them as He wills.

As we have seen, people do not support believers and avoid their
responsibility because of their insincere belief. The weakness of their

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