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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 89

In another verse, Allah mentions the value of serious
effort:

But as for anyone who desires the Hereafter, and
strives for it with the striving it deserves, being a
believer, the striving of such people will be grateful-
ly acknowledged. (Surat al-Isra’; 19)

STATEMENTS BY MR. ADNAN OKTAR
REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
EAGER TO UNDERGO DIFFICULTIES

ADNAN OKTAR: Mash’aAllah. The heroes of Siirt, our
heroic brothers in the Southeast. They are very dear to us,
insha’Allah. Let them relax in the knowledge that the com-
munity of Islam, the whole Turkic world, is heading toward a
great salvation, and those heroic people will be able to live at
ease, insha’Allah. They must love, watch over and protect one
another. They must raise their levels of knowledge and cul-
ture. They must treat everything with humanity so their
hearts can be at ease. The end result will be great salvation.
But look, just yesterday I was reading the Qur’an; Allah always
refers to the destructions of people. The people of ‘Ad or
Thamud, Pharaoh’s people; they never heeded Allah’s word.
And tragedies were always inflicted on them. But there is
something that Allah wants, that He insists on. Allah does not
accept that religion without trouble and difficulty. A tradi-
tional conception has grown up among people. They imagine
that they are born, grow up, go to school, pray and lead