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Yet it should be noted that one does not necessarily need
to have great knowledge in order to break free from the com-
mon, habitual way of thinking. It would be sufficient to take
a careful look at the living things one is surrounded by, the
sky or one's own body. Allah draws attention to this point in
the Qur'an with an example as follows:
Have they not looked at the sky above them: how
We structured it and made it beautiful and how
there are no fissures in it? And the earth: how We
stretched it out and cast firmly embedded moun-
tains onto it and caused luxuriant plants of every
kind to grow in it, an instruction and a reminder for
every penitent human being. And We sent down
blessed water from the sky and made gardens grow
by it and grain for harvesting and soaring date-
palms with layered spathes, as provision for Our
servants; by it We brought a dead land to life. That
is how the Emergence will take place. (Surah Qaf: 6-
11)

67. What is the loss of those who refrain from
thinking?

In the Qur'an, Allah, advises man to think. In many
verses He gives examples and asks "will you not pay heed?"
In fact, man has many opportunities in a day to take
heed, to see the handiwork of Allah, to grasp the proofs in
His creation and to praise Him with the understanding due
to His glory and greatness. People who do not think, howe-
ver, would fail to appreciate the importance of these open-
ings, since to them they appear to be no more than ordinary

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HARUN YAHYA