Page 98 - The Evil Called Mockery

96 THE EVIL CALLED MOCKERY

That is why this book's facts regarding the real nature of matter
so surprised these people. What we've related here destroyed the
very basis of their philosophy and left no grounds for further dis-
cussion. Matter, on which they based all their thoughts, lives, arro-
gance, and denial, suddenly vanished.
One of the attributes of Allah is His plotting against the unbe-
lievers. This is stated in the verse; "They plot and plan, and Allah
too plans; but the best of planners is Allah." (Surat al-Anfal, 30)
Allah entrapped materialists by making them assume that they
are in direct contact with the original of matter and in so doing, hu-
miliated them in a way never seen before. Materialists deemed they
knew the originals of their possessions, status, rank, the society they
belonged to, the whole world and everything else of which they ac-
tually experienced only the copies. Moreover, by relying on these,
they ignorantly grew arrogant against Allah. By displaying the
greatest unreason and being boastful, they revolted against Him
and added to their unbelief. While so doing, they relied on matter.
Yet so lacking are they in understanding that they fail to realize that
Allah compasses them round about. Allah announces the state to
which the unbelievers are led as a result of their thick-headedness:
Or do they intend a plot [against you]? But those who defy
Allah are themselves involved in a Plot! (Surat at-Tur, 42)
Theirs is most probably the biggest intellectual defeat in his-
tory. While growing arrogant of their own accord, materialists have
been tricked and suffered a serious defeat in their struggle against
Allah by bringing up something monstrous against Him. The verse
"Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to
plot [and burrow] therein: but they only plot against their own
souls, and they perceive it not" (Surat al-An‘am, 123) announces
how unconscious these people who ignorantly revolt against our