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uneventful lives. If necessary they will go and study in Europe,
have businesses, get married, have children, pray and die. But
I see no such life in the Qur’an. If anyone else does, let them
tell me, but there is nothing of the kind. On the contrary,
Allah says; “Or did you suppose that you would enter
the Garden without facing the same as those who
came before you?” (Surat al-Baqara, 214). Of course,
believers undergo severe tests. So everyone could choose
such an easy life. I could have done so myself, and so could
Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan. So could Bediüzzaman, couldn’t he?
And so could Abdulhakim Arvasi and Ali Haydar Efendi. None
of them did. There is no question of one being able to say,
“Let the holy ones get on with it, while we sit back and
watch.” They could have secured their own salvation. They
would have no effect on our salvation. So everyone must
share the same spirit as that of Bediüzzaman, Süleyman Hilmi
Tunahan or Abdulhakim Arvasi. Of course. I am issuing a
warning. I am telling the truth. We are in the age of the Mahdi
(AS). Great things are happening in the age of the Mahdi (AS).
There will be climates of great suffering.

JUSTICE UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Justice means being fair and impartial when offering solu-
tions to problems between people. Those who do not live by
the values of the Qur’an, however, generally do not conduct
themselves with a sense of justice. Many external factors may
have a positive or negative impact on their decisions. A per-
son may give preference to the party he feels closer to him-