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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

ments" in the Qur'an by Allah and are actually some distorted
comments that possess no no coherence whatsoever:
"See how they make comparative judgments about you.
They are misguided and cannot find the way." (Surat Al-
Furqan: 9)
The best-known of such comparative judgments do not ex-
ceed four or five. For example, "Why is the eating of the flesh of
swine forbidden by religion?" is one of the most frequent ques-
tions asked. The pig itself is a dirty animal that causes the disease
known as trichina. People who ask this question are generally
aware how harmful pork is to human health. In fact, they do not
ask it with the intention of learning the truth. They do it in the be-
lief that they can raise difficulties for believers. However there is
no question of their possibly succeeding. This truth is revealed in
the Qur'an as:
"But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,
– they will be Companions of the Fire." (Surat Al-Hajj: 51)
"Those who would hinder men from the path of Allah
and would seek in it something crooked: it was they who
denied the hereafter!" (Surah Hud: 19)
Even if these comparisons are proven to be nonsense, fur-
ther comparisons are made up instantly, since the real aim is not
to be informed or have suspicions allayed. If he considers the
given answers with a sincere heart, he will be convinced and
have to accept how reasonable they are. However he fails to ap-
prehend the truth since he thinks according to the conditioning
of the society of ignorance. Whereupon, as Allah reveals in the
Qur'an, he "shuts his ears" to them and looks for a way out of that

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