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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

of the ignorant want to leave behind them something to make
people remember them after their death. They think, by doing so,
they will be living in people's minds. They are unaware of how
unreasonable this way of thinking is. Instead of doing some good
deeds for their afterlife, they try to make a "name" for themselves
in the world so as to be "unforgettable" after their death, none of
which activity will bring them any benefit. Of course it is a good
thing for someone to leave behind him good works that will ben-
efit others; but what is being criticized here is that it is done with
a very different purpose and ambition. This twisted logic of peo-
ple who spurn religious moral values is also set out in the Qur'an
as follows:
"Behold, their brother Hud said to them: 'Will you not
fear Allah?
I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:
So fear Allah and obey me. I ask no reward of you for it:
my reward is only from the Lord of the worlds.
Do you build a landmark on every high place to amuse
yourselves?
And do you raise up for yourselves fine buildings in the
hope of living in them for ever?'" (Surat Ash-Shu'ara':
124-129)
"... who piles up wealth and lays it by, thinking that his
wealth would make him last for ever!" (Surat Al-
Humaza: 2-3)
The belief in the hereafter in the society of ignorance is a
most distorted one. People in the society of ignorance, do not
possess a belief with certainty in the hereafter. Even those that
seem to be the most faithful among them still go no further than

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