Page 61 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the

new grass of the morning- though in the morning it springs
up new, by evening it is dry and withered. (Psalms, 90:5-6)

I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and plan-
ted vineyards. I made gardens and parks and planted all

kinds of fruit trees in them. I made reservoirs to water groves
of flourishing trees... I also owned more herds and flocks than
anyone... I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasu-
re of kings and provinces... I became greater by far than anyo-
ne... I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my he-
art no pleasure... Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had

done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was mea-
ningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under
the Sun. (Ecclesiastes, 2:411)

... Wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost

through some misfortune... as he comes, so he departs. He ta-
kes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand... As
a man comes, so he departs... (Ecclesiastes, 5:13-16)

... for youth and vigor are meaningless. (Ecclesiastes, 11:10)

Remember Him—before the silver cord is severed, or the gol-
den bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the
spring, or the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns
to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God

Who gave it. "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher.
"Everything is meaningless!" (Ecclesiastes, 12:6-8)

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