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Allah alone. This fact is revealed in the Qur'an:

But to Allah belong all things in the heavens and on Earth: And He it is that
Encompasses all things. (Surat an-Nisa': 126)
It is hugely foolish to cast away religion for the sake of passions whose
original objects one can never reach, and thus lose eternal life.
At this point, it's important to grasp that the truth we are considering
does not mean that all the possessions, wealth, children, spouses, rank and
position one possesses and longs for will vanish in the future, and so are
meaningless. Rather, it predicates that in fact, people have no direct con-
tact with any of their possessions. They are merely perceptions they watch
from within their brains, composed of images that Allah shows to test
them. As you see, there's a big difference between those two propositions.
Although someone might not want to acknowledge this fact right away
and would prefer to deceive himself by assuming that all his possessions real-
ly exist, he must finally to die. When he is resurrected in the Hereafter, every-
thing will become clear, and “sight will be sharp.” (Surah Qaf: 22) On that
day, he is apt to see everything much more clearly. If he has spent his life
chasing after imaginary aims, however, he will wish he had never lived, and
say "Ah! Would that [Death] had made an end of me! Of no profit to me
has been my wealth! My power has perished from me!" (Surat al-Haqqa:
27-29) On the other hand, a wise man should try to understand the great real-
ity of the universe here on this world, while he still has time. Otherwise, he
will spend all his life running after dreams and face a grievous penalty in the
end. In the Qur'an, the final state of those people who run after illusions (or
mirages) on this world and forget Allah, our Creator, is stated as follows:

But the unbelievers, their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts, which the
man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up to it, he
finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah [ever] with him, and Allah will pay
him his account: and Allah is swift in taking account. (Surat an-Nur: 39)

Logical Deficiencies of the Materialists

From the start, this chapter has clearly stated that matter is not absolute,
as materialists claim, but rather a shadow that Allah creates out of nothing

158 The Secret Beyond Matter