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Harun Yahya
The Ç›ra¤an Palace in Istanbul after it was burned and its interior design and decorations destroyed. Someone looking at the
palace in this condition could never fully imagine how magnificent it had once been.
The Ciragan Palace in its restored state, with all its décor completed.
and lived in primitive shelters made by piling stones atop one another, this analysis would be com-
pletely mistaken.
The remains that have survived down to the present may have once been exceedingly beautiful build-
ings, just like the Ciragan Palace. If one were to place furniture atop of these ruins and decorate them
with curtains, carpets and lamps, the result would be quite impressive once again.
The Qur'an refers to bygone societies as being highly advanced in terms of art, architecture, culture
and knowledge. In one verse, we are told that societies of the past were very superior:
Haven't they traveled in the Earth and seen the final fate of those before them? They were greater
than them in strength and left far deeper traces on the Earth.... (Surah Ghafir: 21)
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