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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

as if he had not heard them: then announce to him a grie
vous penalty!: When he learns something of Our Signs,
he takes them in jest: for such there will be a humiliating
penalty." (Surat Al-Jathiyya: 7-9)
The reaction of some people is very different. The con-
science of such an individual tells him what is right and wrong,
but another, inner voice keeps on instilling in him the determina-
tion not to turn away from the superstitious system of the society
of ignorance. He tries, in his own eyes, to legitimize this condi-
tioning that violates good conscience by certain defense mecha-
nisms. He tries in several ways to escape from reality. Since he
cannot openly state the situation he actually is in by saying:
"They are telling me the truth, but I cannot act on it because of
my lack of will power or my pride," , he finds himself and looks
for, in his own way, in his own foolish way, for flaws in what he
is told or the believers who communicates him those.
However, it needs to be made clear that, these false ap-
proaches have been seen in all societies of ignorance right
through the course of history. So much so that similar false accu-
sations and imputations have been made against the envoys
preaching the true faith and all true believes in all societies
throughout history. In the Qur'an it is revealed as follows:
"The unbelieving elders of his people said: 'He is no
more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his
superiority over you: if Allah had wished to send mes-
sengers, He could have sent down angels; never did we
hear such a thing as he says, among our ancestors of old.'"
(Surat Al-Muminun: 24)
"Would you now forbid us to worship the gods our fa-

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