Page 153 - The Religion Of The Ignorant

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

tions for this insincerity. On the subject of some stipulations in the
Qur'an, they try to avoid their religious observances by means of
distorted logic, along the lines of "The pace of life is very fast, so I
have no time for prayer," or "People nowadays are different and
have to make necessary concessions regarding honesty, humility
and compassion." These people, who put forward willful misinter-
pretations of the verses of the Qur'an are in the following position:
Say: "Do you presume to teach Allah your religion when
Allah knows everything in the heavens and everything in
the earth? Allah has knowledge of all things." (Surat al-
Hujurat, 16)
Neither do members of Ignorantism possess a true belief in the
Hereafter. As with many provisions of the religion, they accept the
Hereafter in words, but do not truly believe in it. In the Qur'an, how-
ever, the final end awaiting people with such deviant rationale is de-
scribed thus:
Man never tires of praying for the good and if evil touches
him, he despairs and loses hope. But if We let him taste
mercy from Us after he has suffered hardship, then he says,
"This is my due. I do not think that the Hour is going to
come. And if I am returned to my Lord, I will definitely
find the best reward with Him." But We will inform those
who disbelieve of what they did and make them suffer a
ruthless punishment. (Surah Fussilat, 49-50)
There is a group of people living by the religion of Ignorantism
who base their faith on hearsay. They consider it permissible to com-
mit all kinds of unlawful deeds and practices in this world, assum-
ing that they will still be able to enter Paradise after being punished
in the Hell for a period of time. After being "tormented" in Hell for a

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