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86 KNOWING THE TRUTH

treatment and got better. All these occurrences proceeded in a definite
sequence, but, in fact, the result is determined from the beginning. Once
we know the truth, we can easily solve problems we never understood
before. The most important thing is that Allah is the One Absolute Power
Who encompasses all. He is closer to us than our jugular vein. Everything
is under His control. Everything has been determined and ordered by Him
in the most wonderful way. A human being observes only what has been
predetermined for himself. This nullifies every sort of spiritual or material
anxiety and fears about the future. It reduces to unimportance a human
being's passion and ambition in relation to the world. Only the consent of
Allah gains importance. So, a person begins to see and understand things
in the correct way according to their true meaning. He comes to appreciate
the power and sovereignty of Allah, the absolute Ruler and supreme
Creator of all things.

IBRAHIM: What you're saying is very important and subtle. Were
there those in the past who wrongly understood and falsely interpreted
these things?

MURAD: Yes, there's been various forms of perverse tendencies in
the past. Some factions looked at the matter from a single point of view
and said, "What's the use of worship since Allah is already doing
everything?" They then abandoned worship. Some have said, "Humans
strive in vain," and then adopted a lazy attitude, putting forth no effort or
struggle. There were some who had even a more perverse attitude and
went so far as to consider themselves on the same level as Allah (Surely
Allah is beyond all that). Surat al-An'am verse 148 says this about those
who have taken up in such a perverse view: "Those who associate others
with Allah will say, 'If Allah had willed we would not have associated
anything with Him, nor would our fathers; nor would we have
forbidden anything.' In the same way the people before them also lied
until they felt Our violent force. Say: 'Do you have some knowledge
you can produce for us? You are following nothing but conjecture. You
only tell lies.'. " As seen in this verse, such people who act upon
conjecture in truth do not tell the truth and are not in the right path