Page 147 - The Religion Of The Ignorant

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

their ancestors as guides. Their real religion is made up of the super-
stitious rules handed down from them. They accept Islam since they
regard it as a part of those rules. In addition, they also accept many
non-Islamic teachings inherited from their forefathers and accept
only those aspects of Islam that do not conflict with their own inter-
ests. This shows that they do not possess sincere faith. They regard
Islam as a cultural, traditional component of the nation they say they
belong to.
Since they regard Islam as a part of the rules handed down
from their ancestors, they also have no fear of Allah, the very basis
of Islam. The religious expressions they use are generally the same
as those in the Qur'an. They refer to Allah, faith, Paradise and Hell,
fasting, and the need to pray five times a day. Yet since they fail to
approach these with the sensitive conscience that fear of Allah
brings with it, they never listen and fulfill. In the description of be-
lievers in the Qur'an, it is revealed that they are most sensitive to re-
membering Allah and His verses:
The believers are those whose hearts tremble when Allah is
mentioned, whose faith is increased when His signs are re-
cited to them, and who put their trust in their Lord. (Surat
al-Anfal, 2)
In contrast, members of the Religion of the Ignorant are unaf-
fected by remembering Allah, in other words they have no awe of
Him. They attest to Allah and the Hereafter only in words, and their
hearts are entirely empty. They do not live by the moral values of
the Qur'an. These characteristics are emphasized in various verses
of the Qur'an:
Say: "To whom does the Earth belong, and everyone in it, if
you have any knowledge?" They will say: "To Allah." Say:
"So will you not pay heed?" Say: "Who is the Lord of the

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