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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

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Though rulers sit together and slander me, Your servant
will meditate on Your decrees. Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors. (Psalm, 119: 23-24)
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those
who take advice. (Proverb, 13: 10)

The Gospel

Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. (Hebrews,
13: 17)
Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves.
Do what it says. (James, 1: 22)

Understanding of Righteousness

People usually understand righteousness in differ-
ent ways: giving some money to the poor, helping an old
person cross the road, or not lying. Clearly these are all
good deeds, but on their own they cannot define right-
eousness. Allah reveals the true meaning of righteousness,
as follows:

It is not righteousness to turn your faces to the East
or to the West. Rather, those with true devoutness
are those who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
the Angels, the Book and the Prophets; and who,
despite their love for it, give away their wealth to
their relatives and orphans and the very poor; to
travelers and beggars, and to set slaves free; and

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