The unhappy lives of people in the religion of ignorance

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ADNAN OKTAR’S LIVE INTERVIEW ON KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (FEBRUARY 14, 2009)

But other people have money, food and drink and wealth, in brief, everything but they are still unhappy. That food make them unhappy, as they regard it as a source of lethal cholesterol. They simply see them as a nuisance. They are always terrified their house might go up in flames, or be taken away from them, or of going bust due to the economic crisis... They are unable to shake off such fears. They send their children off to school, and they worry about them. What if they have had an accident? What if something has happened to them. They are really troubled. They feel something in their eye and wonder if they have got cancer. Something happens to their lip and they wonder if they have got cancer of the lip. Is that lump a possible tumor? Is that pain appendicitis? They are in a constant state of fear and worry. Not just for themselves, but also for their families. So their nerves are always shot to pieces. They either smoke all the time, or are difficult and aggressive, or else they start taking drugs. That is very common across the world, as you know. It is especially the main subject in America. There are very few people who do not take one form of drug or another. This is very common, from the people in charge of the state right down to those at the bottom of the public.

Every aspect of life becomes utterly hellish. They even become afraid to drink water, scared it will stick in their throats or something. But the other way, they will be totally at ease. Otherwise, a person’s worldly troubles will never end. It is impossible for Allah to give him peace. Just the fear of an earthquake is enough to spoil people’s lives, as you know. People are always terrified of the prospect, and at the slightest tremor they rush out into the streets. The slightest movement in bed and they begin running downstairs. Is that normal? Then there is a fear of fire breaking out, of anarchy and terror, of disease or of going mad...The list would contain thousands of items. Human beings are weak entities. They cannot bear so much fear. The end result is sickness. Whereas if they were to place their trust in Allah, they would live in abundance, plenty, peace and security. Knowing that one is under Allah’s protection is a precondition of faith. That means one cannot believe if one does not trust Allah. This would be a very abnormal situation.

ADNAN OKTAR’S INTERVIEW FOR KANAL 35 (IZMIR)(FEBRUARY 21, 2009)

…they imitate happiness. They talk about how much they enjoyed themselves somewhere. Whereas they really had a dreadful time and hated every minute. They go to discos for instance and jump around like apes, but their sadness and unhappiness just jumps around with them. Because the sorrow is in their brains. They throw themselves around but cannot escape it. Let’s leave this disco and go to another one, they say. They imagine they will be happier there. But their troubles are inside them and just accompany them there. They cannot work it out. Eventually they decide to go home and breathe a sigh of relief, kicking the front door open. Their troubled state of mind never leaves them. They try to sleep, but they cannot.

Nothing ever pleases them. They see an attractive person and that makes them really envious. Yet a believer is delighted to see an attractive person. He gives thanks to Allah. He wants that person to be even better, even more attractive. Those other people see someone rich and it really upsets them.

For example, it lifts the spirits to go somewhere nice, doesn’t it? Beautiful things make one happy. We see the artistry and manifestations of Allah. That delights us. But this is not the case with these negative types, with negative people. Everything torments them. Wealth and beauty in particular cause them awful suffering. For example, if a girl is irreligious and hypocritical, it will make her unhappy to see a pretty girl, or an ugly one, or an ordinary one. That will make her unhappy right through the day.

This also applies to men. For example, if they see someone flashier than them it makes them very miserable. That is why they are always trying to get the better of one another, and that lies at the heart of their immorality. They say things designed to put one another down and to cunningly get one over on each other. The result is a fight and hatred. That is why I describe these things in such detail in my book “The Religion of Ignorance.” People have very cunning ways of getting one over on each other. There are open ways and covert ones, ones that do not make themselves apparent. These secret methods represent 99% of the whole, and the open methods just 1%. These people have turned into machines that just oppress one another. Like satan, they try to crush other people wherever they see them.

Whereas believers strive to make each other happy and at peace when they see one another and are made happy by their beauty or wealth or health, and they want these things to increase even more and Muslims are truly delighted by this.

ADNAN OKTAR’S LIVE INTERVIEW ON KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (FEBRUARY 7, 2009)

There are some people who are constantly afflicted by a fear of cancer. The slightest thing and they imagine they must have cancer of the brain or leukemia. They keep checking their lymph glands or necks. They check their bodies... what a dreadful life. Then they worry about the possibility of earthquakes, or war, or famine...

INTERVIEWER: Is logic the reason behind their worries?

ADNAN OKTAR: Logic, of course. They think they are being very rational. They say they are thinking of the future. They imagine they are very on the ball. But if they are so on the ball, how come they are in such a dreadful state? Why are you suffering so much? Don’t they think? They live with the suffering that comes from not placing one’s trust in Allah.

For example, they may earn a lot of money. But they always worry about what if the checks stop coming, what if they cannot make more money, what if their factory goes bust, what if someone scratches their car? Or will the children come back safe from school, what if a car hits them? Yet that person will still think he is the cleverest person in the world. Even he has close circuit cameras installed to keep an eye on his children. There are cameras everywhere. That is really difficult, a really difficult life.

2010-05-07 01:03:59

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