Page 21 - Character Types of the Unbelievers

Harun Yahya-Adnan Oktar
certainly lose the Afterlife. This is related in one of the verses of
Allah as follows:
… (he) loses both the world and the Hereafter. That is in-
deed sheer loss. (Surat al-Hajj, 11)
By such an example, it is easy to discern the difference between
real loss and gain. But, the people of a society of ignorance have dif-

ficulty in grasping these facts since they do not think giving due
consideration. According to their shallow thinking, they are already
enjoying the benefits of this world. Nevertheless, lacking a sure faith
in the Afterlife caused them to doubt. In the Qur’an Allah gives the
following response to this hesitance of the people of ignorance:
Whatever you have been given is only the enjoyment of the
life of this world. What is with Allah is better and longer

lasting … (Surat ash-Shura, 36)
… They rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this
world, compared to the Hereafter, is only fleeting enjoy-
ment. (Surat ar-Ra‘d, 26)
But, merely because they do not want to sever their attachment
to this world, the ignorant refuse to consider the reality depicted in
the verses of the Qur’an. Rather, they offer unfounded excuses in
order to deceive themselves and quiet their consciences.
Throughout history, each prophet related to the community to

which he was sent about the truth of the Afterlife, Heaven and Hell,
and warned them to heed his message while they still had time. But,
most turned a deaf ear to the warnings of the messengers, denying
the Afterlife with responses related in the following verses:
... “Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?”
(Surah Ya Sin, 78)

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