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Harun Yahya
al-Haqqa: 18). Even if fine tuning is carried out and their dosage re-
duced, all insincerities are clearly seen and known by Allah. And as
He tells us in the verse, "Whoever does an atom's weight of good
will see it. Whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it"
(Surat az-Zilzal: 7-8). Every act will definitely receive a return in the
Hereafter. For this reason, in His verses, Allah instructs people to
give up their sins, whether open or hidden, and warns them of the
torment to come:
Abandon wrong action, outward and inward. Those who
commit wrong action will be repaid for what they perpe-
trated. (Surat al-An'am: 120)
... that you do not approach indecency—outward or inward.
(Surat al-An'am: 151)
The Psychology of Protest and Reaction
When the ignorant are upset by somebody's words or behavior,
the great majority unhesitatingly react by slamming doors, behaving
coldly towards other people, not talking to them, refusing to eat food
prepared for them or not doing jobs that need to be done. People fa-
miliar with the morality of the Qur'an know that such behavior is not
appropriate for believers and so do not resort to such protests.
Some who lack sincere faith have no hesitation in carrying out
protest actions that do not conform to the morality of the Qur'an, but
do not do so openly, mostly with indifferent, silent, cold behavior.
When people in such a spiritual state is asked a question, they can-
not give a plain, normal answer. Sometimes they give a short, belit-
tling answer and sometimes secretly protest by giving curt answers
like "Yes," "No," or "I don't know." This is an attempt to seem to be re-
plying. If asked, "Why didn't you answer?", they put the other per-
son in the wrong by saying, "I did." Sometimes they play for time by
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