Page 75 - Ever Thought About The Truth ?

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

When he sees a sincere believer who abides by the Qur'an he
tries to absolve himself from feelings of guilt and inferiority, and
this is a technique frequently seen in the society of ignorance.
Such people generally use the same old expressions as they do
this. "We are Muslim as well, Alhamdulillah", "my father was a
hajji," "my grandmother used to cover her head," "my family are
very devout." or "I never skip prayers at eids". Statements of this
kind are in fact reflections of his psychological state. They dislike
being given advice, warnings or suggestions on religious mat-
ters. There are also those who try to rise above the others by say-
ing things like, "I am more devout than all of you, I am
honorable, and only Allah knows who is superior to whom."
Surely Allah knows who are on the right path and who are not,
but He guides us to the right path by stating in the Qur'an that
being a true believer is only possible by being in possession of
the characteristics of the believers as explained in the Qur'an. As
the criteria of the Qur'an are very clear, a one who claims superi-
ority for himself without having any knowledge of the Qur'an
does nothing but dishonor himself.
One of the biggest errors of such people is that they wrongly
assume that they can deceive others. However, real believers can
easily diagnose such people, with their understanding and the
ability given by Allah together with the knowledge He provided
in the Qur'an. Besides, Allah, Who "knows well all the secrets of
the heart" (Surah Al 'Imran: 119) sees them and knows them bet-
ter than they do themselves. Such people believe that they can
deceive Allah just as they deceive other people. On the Day of
Judgment, no excuses from them will be accepted before Allah.

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