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Harun Yahya

They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our
intellect, we would not have been Companions of the
Blaze." (Surat al-Mulk: 10)
They will say on the Day their faces are rolled over in the
Fire, "If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the
Messenger!" (Surat al-Ahzab: 66)
Allah tells people like this—whom He has given countless op-
portunities for repentance during their lives—that He will not ac-
cept their repentance on the Day of Judgment. In the verses of the
Qur'an, we are told that these people who set their faces against calls
made on them in the world can expect no further help and that they
will be repaid with eternal torment:
They will shout out in it, "Our Lord! Take us out! We will
act rightly, differently from the way we used to act!" Did We
not let you live long enough for anyone who was going to
pay heed to pay heed? And did not the warner come to you?
Taste it then! There is no helper for the wrongdoers. (Surah
Fatir: 37)
The way to avoid such regrets is extremely easy: It is to regard
as blessings pieces of advice given for one's salvation in the world
and the Hereafter, and to accept them humbly in order to achieve a
higher morality.
To protect themselves against torment in the Hereafter, selfish
people may wish to surrender everything they own as a ransom.
People who do not cleanse their souls of selfishness and egoism dur-
ing their lives and who avoid self-sacrifice should consider that this
approach will cause them harm in the Hereafter. Those who do not
use their goods, time, lives and labor as Allah approves, but instead
think first of their own comforts and interests will be plunged into
deep regret in the Hereafter. Whatever these people have desired in

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