The Truth of Everything

Writer: Tarkan Yavas

The books of Mr. Adnan Oktar (writing under the pen name Harun Yahya) are making a great impact throughout the world. With their wide-ranging content, handsome designs and written in a sincere and informed style, his works have attracted a tremendous number of readers from the USA to Indonesia, the Republic of South Africa to Russia, China to Australia, Nigeria to Canada.

These works, dealing with the morality of the Qur’an, the Sunnah of our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) and the signs of Creation have led many people to faith for the first time, or to deepen the faith they have. The books about world politics and Freemasonry, on the other hand, have changed the outlook of many, helping them become acquainted with the inner workings of many events.

But Mr. Oktar’s books explaining the scientific collapse of Darwinism have made the greatest effect. These particular titles have had a special impact worldwide, exposing the true face of Darwinism to many countries of the world, Turkey being the foremost.

These valuable works’ considerable impact has given rise to differing explanations about how they came to be written. A 30-member team consisting of academics, scientists and instructors assist Mr. Oktar in the preparation of these works. This team engages in such activities as preliminary research for Mr. Oktar’s works, collecting data and illustrations and doing the necessary translation. However, the really important thing, and that which has the striking impact, is bringing all this information together, building the connections within it and interpreting it. And that is where Mr. Oktar's intellect, wisdom and foresight can clearly be seen. His wise comments, logical explanations and matchless analogies are among the main reasons for the enormous global impact of his books. Mr. Oktar’s works are unique in terms of their style, illustrations, conclusions, comprehensiveness, honesty, and persuasiveness.

In short, it is because of Mr. Oktar’s rational, honest and wise analysis that these books are so influential. Otherwise a great many books are jointly written by experts on subjects from countless universities and institutions all over the world, but not one of these makes even a thousandth of the impact of Mr. Oktar’s works.  

Some others suggest that backing from various governments is necessary for these books to be written. This is yet another confirmation of the fact that they result from a particularly outstanding talent. Some such allegations include statements like, “Creationists in the United States must be involved,” “Saudi Arabia and Egypt probably provided funding, ” or “Political circles must have lent their assistance.” Since none of them are true, it is clear that this body of work is the product of a brilliant mind.

On the other hand, the invalidity of such allegations soon become obvious, after only some very simple reasoning:

1. Throughout the world, there are thousands of professors, scientists, educators and academicians, as well as many biologists, zoologists, biogeneticists, biomathematicians, paleontologists and anthropologists in nearly every country. Add to them the countless academicians who specialize in fields such as history, international relations and the archeology of prehistory. If teamwork is sufficient to produce works like Mr. Oktar’s, then a group of professors and academicians should come together and be able to write one. If they succeed, then all around the world we should see the publication of many books similar to Mr. Oktar’s in their informative illustrations, logical arguments and persuasive style. Yes, thousands of academies and educational institutions could organize and finance such an endeavor. But until now, none of them could write books similar to Mr. Oktar’s, whose work is unique in its effectiveness and power of inspiration.
   
   
2. One very important characteristic of any book written by a team is that it will contain many conflicting and contradictory views and different styles of writing. In such “team efforts,” there is no logical unity or consensus of opinion. Different techniques of expression and different styles are employed, and the photographs and graphic illustrations will not be in harmony. To a large degree, much of the evidence and the interpretations will contradict one another. Any reader will quickly notice the varying styles and understand that this book has been written by more than one author before they have finished two or three chapters. However, in the more than 300 books that Mr. Oktar has completed, there is a consistent wholeness of style and logic.
   
   
3. The same profound sincerity, power of inspiration, same techniques and means of expression and rhetoric can be found throughout all his works. Even the artistic and aesthetic quality of the illustrations in these books embodies a visual wholeness. The reason for this is that these are entirely the work of Mr. Oktar’s profound intellect, sincere faith and powerful foresight even though there is a support team for the technical substructure in the preparation of these books.
   
   
4. Some other circles claim, instead, that these books are prepared by some young members of SRF (the Science Research Foundation) who are close to Mr. Oktar. Indeed, many who associate with Mr. Oktar are young people with college degrees. But neither their accumulated knowledge nor their breadth of education is sufficient to prepare such effective, comprehensive volumes. Moreover, assuming they actually did have the ability, intelligence and background to prepare such books, surely they would have taken that opportunity: At least a few of them would have already published very similar books. But till now, nothing of the sort has ever happened. If everyone with a college degree could write a comparable book, then tens of thousands of graduates from hundreds of colleges in Turkey and elsewhere, individually or in small groups, should have been able to publish books like Adnan Oktar’s. However, no such work has ever appeared in print.
   
   
5. Some claim that these books are prepared or underwritten by Creationist organizations and institutions in such countries as the USA, and Saudi Arabia. But if any country or constitution were able to produce such works, they would publish them openly under their own imprints and would hardly need to conceal their identity. Eventually, it would present no inconvenience for any individual, institution or government to admit their contribution and support toward these books. Besides, everyone would be eager to claim credit for such powerfully influential works.
   
   
6. The aforementioned countries and institutions have great financial resources and technical infrastructure. There are teams of scholars in Saudi Arabia, thousands of professors working in American universities, and hundreds of scientists throughout Egypt. Yet, not one book similar to those of Mr. Oktar’s has ever been produced by any institution—not in Saudi Arabia, nor in Egypt, nor in America, or in any other country. Obviously, even if 100 professors were to assemble or dozens of countries were to join forces, they could not produce even one single similar book. This is yet another proof of the magnificent and wonderful nature of the author’s work.
   
   
7. One question frequently raised is the financial power necessary for publication of these books, which are printed and distributed in the millions. These naturally yield an income, which in turn is used for reprinting existing titles and publishing new ones. That the author’s books are sent out as gifts to certain addresses have astonished some people, although this is nothing to be surprised about. Similar distribution methods are employed by many publishing houses, which often ship out free books to serve as tools for advertising and publicity. Very often, the recipients then place orders for other books, and usually, even purchase these works in entire sets. Therefore, the original gift is returned to the giver, many times over. One most striking example occurred when books were sent as gifts to selected addresses in France. As a result of this campaign, demand for Mr. Oktar’s books in French greatly increased, and their sales in France exploded.

One reason why Harun Yahya’s books are so extraordinarily impressive is that the author intends, in order to earn God’s good pleasure, to be a means whereby his readers may be correctly guided; and every book he writes is sincerely striving to this end.

   By His will, God is rewarding this sincere endeavor, and Adnan Oktar’s body of work intellectually defeats all materialist and atheistic philosophies.