Page 29 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 27

Everything to do with His existence and religious morality reminds
them of their own corrupted morality and bad manners.
In addition, it is almost impossible for such people, caught up
as they are by their undying desire for superiority, to accept the fact
of Allah's possession of boundless wisdom and power, as well as all
of Creation's submission to Him, and to realize just how powerless
they are in His eyes. Therefore, they cannot stand to be reminded of
Allah or hear His greatness praised. They believe that they can com-
fort themselves by groundlessly rejecting clearly obvious truths ,
denying the evidence for Creation, and ignoring the wonders that
clearly indicate His power. Mocking religion is one of the ways peo-
ple who have fallen into a great error try to protect themselves
against the discomfort of their consciences. In one Qur'anic verse
Allah describes their behavior when they are faced with the evi-
dence of Creation:

No wonder you are surprised as they laugh with scorn!
When they are reminded, they do not pay heed. When they
see a sign, they only laugh with scorn. (Surat as-Saffat, 12-14)
As Allah reveals in these verses, these people mock all of the
miraculous truths around them. This is such a great immorality that
even such apparent proofs do not cause them to have faith. They
think that they will delude the people around them and acquire indi-
viduality and superiority by rejecting Allah and the Qur'an due to
their inferior mentality. In fact, since the people around them are ex-
tremely impotent creatures who will be called to account in the here-
after, gaining or loosing status in their eyes is utterly meaningless.
Above all, it is the characteristics bestowed upon these people by
Allah that make them proud. Everything they possess has come from
Allah, and yet they repay this not with gratitude, but with mockery.