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100 KNOWING THE TRUTH

The conversation occurs in Ahmed's house.

AHMED: Friends, maybe you're getting impatient but try to
understand. If I didn't have good intentions would I come every day to
every meeting to try to understand this subject? I want to learn the truth,
but as a person gets older, some things are a little more difficult.

MURAD: Don't say such a thing Ahmed. No one's getting impatient.
Remember what we said yesterday – to understand something or not; to
accept something or not is in your fate. And no one has the power to
change this fate. So, because we know this, it's our responsibility to speak
the truth, but you have the right to choose.

AISHA: Murad is right.

IBRAHIM: Murad, you've brought a book with you. What are we
going to talk about today?

MURAD: This is the Qur'an. I quoted the examples I gave you before
from the Qur'an by heart; this time I brought the Qur'an with me so that
you could read for yourselves and see with your own eyes. Today, if you
permit, let's talk about the difficult state of that person who lives without
knowing the true nature of the material world, and about the reasons for
his resistance to the truth.

AISHA: This will provide the answer to my questions at the same
time.

IBRAHIM: I'm eager to hear what you're going to say.

MURAD: Now I'm going to read you a few verses from the Qur'an.
As we talk about these verses, we'll review the whole subject we've
covered for the past two days. If you have any reservations about