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HARUN YAHYA

all) and true believers of that time. The high level of technology at-
tained in the fields of architecture, art and communications in the
time of Prophet Solomon (pbuh) was employed in the wisest man-
ner. The wealth and magnificence that our Lord bestowed as a bless-
ing on Prophet Solomon (pbuh) inspired awe down the generations.
We must remember that the information and means possessed
by those living hundreds of thousands of years ago, and by people
alive today, are blessings from God. People who founded civiliza-
tions hundreds of thousands of years ago, who created beautiful
paintings on cave walls tens of thousands of years ago, who built the
pyramids and ziggurats, who constructed giant stone monuments
and who constructed great structures on the highest altitudes in
Peru did so through God's inspiration and teaching. People who
study the sub-atomic particles today, who send shuttles into space
and who write computer software do so because God so wills. All
the information that human beings have possessed since they were
first created is a blessing from God, and every civilization they have
founded is equally the work of our Lord.
God created man out of nothing and gives him various tests
and blessings throughout his life in this world. Every blessing be-
stowed is also a test. People who know that the civilization, technol-
ogy and means they possess are actually all blessings from God give
thanks to our Lord, Who increases His blessings on them:
And when your Lord announced: "If you are grateful, I will
certainly give you increase . . ." (Qur'an, 14:7)
God causes His devout servants to enjoy pleasant lives both in
this world and in the Hereafter. This is revealed in the Qur'an:
Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We
will give them a good life and We will recompense them ac-
cording to the best of what they did. (Qur'an, 16:97)

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