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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

In another verse the situation of such people is revealed in
these terms:
As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have
made their actions appear good to them and they wander
about blindly. (Surat an-Naml, 4)
The adornments of this world are deceptive, because they are
not real and permanent. The blessings in this world have been cre-
ated only as an imperfect example of the true blessings in the
Hereafter. It is possible to take true pleasure from these blessings
only when one realizes that they have been created by Allah as poor
examples of the true blessings of the Hereafter. The only way of at-
taining peace and comfort in this world is to turn to Allah. As re-
vealed in one verse, "... Only in the remembrance of Allah can the
heart find peace" (Surat ar-Ra'd, 28).
Since members of Ignorantism are unable to comprehend this,
they forget Allah and, imagining that the adornments of this world
are real, solid and permanent, they turn from the true path—and
suffer as a consequence. The way that deniers are taken in by the life
of this world is described as follows in one verse:
But the actions of those who disbelieve are like a mirage in
the desert. A thirsty man thinks it is water but when he
reaches it, he finds it to be nothing at all, but he finds Allah
there. He will pay him his account in full. Allah is swift at
reckoning. (Surat an-Nur, 39)
In terms of hopes, dreams and expectations, there is no differ-
ence between a male-female relationship lived according to the crite-
ria of the Religion of the Ignorant and far from the approval of Allah,
and a mirage, which looks highly attractive and adorned from a dis-
tance. When one encounters the truth, however, one sees that these
expectations and dreams are hollow and worthless, full of trouble

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