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humiliated because they foolishly took matter as their deity. (Surely
Allah is beyond that) Assuming the copy images they watched
within their brains to be absolute, they based their philosophy and
ideology on it, grew involved in serious discussions, adopting a so-
called "intellectual" discourse. They deemed themselves wise
enough to argue about the truth of the universe and, more seriously
thought unworthy thoughts about Allah with their limited intelli-
gence. Allah explains their situation in the following verse:
And [the unbelievers] plotted and planned, and Allah too
planned, and the best of planners is Allah. (Surah Al
‘Imran, 54)
One may possibly escape from some plots in the world; but
Allah's plan against the unbelievers is so firm that there is no avoid-
ing it. No matter what they do or to whom they appeal, never can
they find any helper other than Allah. As Allah informs us in the
Qur'an, "they shall not find for them other than Allah a patron or a
help." (Surat an-Nisa', 173)
Materialists never expected to fall into such a trap. Having all
the means of the twentieth century at their disposal, they believed
they could grow obstinate in their denial and drag others into disbe-
lief. This ever-lasting mentality of unbelievers and their end are de-
scribed as follows in the Qur'an:
They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while
they perceived it not. Then see what was the end of their
plot! - this, that We destroyed them and their people, all [of
them]. (Surat an-Naml, 50-51)
This, in another sense, is what the fact stated in the verses
comes to mean: Materialists are now told that they merely have ex-
perience of the copies in their brains of everything they own, and