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MATERIALISTS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE
BIGGEST TRAP IN HISTORY

The atmosphere of panic sweeping through materialist circles in
Turkey, of which we have here mentioned only a few examples, shows
that materialists face utter defeat, which they have never met before in his-
tory. That matter is simply a perception has been proven by modern sci-
ence and it is put forward in a very clear, straightforward and forceful way.
It only remains for materialists to see and acknowledge the collapse of the
entire material world in which they blindly believe and on which they rely.
Materialist thought has always existed throughout the history of human-
ity. Being very assured of themselves and the philosophy they believe in,
materialists revolted against Allah who created them. The scenario they for-
mulated maintained that matter has no beginning or end, and that all these
could not possibly have a Creator. Because of their arrogance, they denied
Allah and took refuge in matter, which they held to have real existence.
They were so confident in this philosophy that they thought that it would
never be possible to put forth an explanation proving the contrary.
That is why the facts told in this book regarding the real nature of mat-
ter surprised these people so much. What has been told here destroyed the
very basis of their philosophy and left no ground for further discussion.
Matter, upon which they based all their thoughts, lives, their arrogance and
denial, vanished all of a sudden. How can materialism exist when mat-
ter does not?
One of the attributes of Allah is His plotting against the unbelievers.
This is stated in the verse "They plot and plan, and Allah too plans; but
Allah is the best of planners." (Surat al- Anfal: 30)
Allah entrapped materialists by making them assume that matter exists
and, so doing, humiliated them in an unseen way. Materialists deemed
their possessions, status, rank, the society to which they belong, the whole
world and everything else to really exist and grew arrogant against Allah

by relying on these. They revolted against Allah by being boastful and
added to their unbelief. While so doing, they totally relied on matter. Yet,
they are so lacking in understanding that they fail to think that Allah

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