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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

have no other guardian, Lord, or Deity than Him. We came from
Him and shall return to Him. We shall not remain long in this world.
Since this is the fundamental essence of our existence, then it is
most unwise to engage in petty calculations of interest in this world,
where we shall remain for only a brief time, to show off to one an-
other, to thirst after goods and property that are condemned to van-
ish, and to choose other guides, other aims and other causes than
those in the religion of Allah. The world has been created as the
vineyard of the Hereafter. We can attain the mercy and Paradise of
Allah in the Hereafter and live a peaceful life in this world only by
following His path and holding fast to Allah. That is indeed what we
are commanded:
…hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector—the Best
Protector, the Best Helper. (Surat al-Hajj, 78)
Everything examined throughout this book reveals the dis-
torted thinking, perspective, customs and behavior produced by the
Religion of the Ignorant. When its features are compared to the true
religion described in the Qur'an, the enormous gulf between the two
can clearly be seen. That difference is the difference between faith
and denial. To put it another way, it is the difference between the re-
ligion of Allah and the false religion produced by satan. Therefore,
there can be no question of any similarity between Ignorantism and
Islam, or of Muslims adopting any part of the former. For that rea-
son, the believer can immediately be distinguished from the
Ignorantist society. Members of that society soon realize that the be-
liever is not one of them. Yet they cannot comprehend how the be-
livers' character could be so opposite to their own religion. The logic
of the believer is the antithesis of theirs. That is in any case why
throughout history, adherents of Ignorantism have been unable to
understand the believers and have even accused them of madness.

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