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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 61
So that, when he reaches Us, he says, "If only there was
the distance of the two Easts between you and me!"
What an evil companion! It will not benefit you today,
since you did wrong, that you share equally in the pun-
ishment. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 38-39)
As the verses suggest, they hope to save themselves by
blaming those who misled them from the right path.
However, Allah granted a conscience to everyone so that
he could be guided to the right path. Allah also endowed
man a will to carry out his pertinent decisions. In this
sense, man is provided with both of the two alternatives
as well as the knowledge of right and wrong. This being
the case, one's choice rests entirely with him. Besides,
Allah knows whether one keeps faith or denial deep in
his heart. Accordingly, those leading people to hell as
well as those adhering to them will be justly punished.
That day, nobody will bear responsibility for the sins of
another.
While these people tempted one another into commit-
ting sins, it probably occurred to them many times that
they would give an account of them in the hereafter, yet
they chose to treat this matter as if it were an insignificant
issue. They encouraged one another in denial of Allah,
saying "I will bear responsibility for what you do." Satan,
on the other hand, made tempting promises to them and
misled them in the wrong way. But Allah, with the verse,