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 BY
HARUN YAHYA 
Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist
before you were conceived and then born into the world and
that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?
Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in
your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy
soil with fragrant smells and are as colourful as they are?
Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly
fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable
to see them?
Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such
as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings
of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these
wrappings so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?
Have you ever thought about the possibility that while
you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your home,
your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few
seconds you could lose everything of the world you possess?
Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very
quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak, and
slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?
Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the
angels of death appointed by God before you and that you
will then leave this world?
Well, have you ever thought about why people are so attached
to a world from which they will soon depart when what they
basically need is to strive for the hereafter?
Man is a being whom God furnishes with the faculty of thought.
Yet, most people do not use this very important faculty
as they should. In fact, some people almost never think.
In truth, each person possesses a capacity for thought
of which even he himself is unaware. Once man begins to
use this capacity, facts he has not been able to realise
until that very moment begin to be uncovered for him. The
deeper he goes in reflection, the more his capacity to think
improves, and this is possible for everyone. One just has
to realise that one needs to reflect and then to strive
hard.
Someone who does not think will remain totally distant
from truths and lead his life in self-deception and error.
As a result, he will not grasp the purpose of the creation
of the world, and the reason for his existence on the earth.
Yet, God has created everything with a purpose. This fact
is stated in the Qur'an as follows:
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything
between them as a game. We did not create them except with
truth but most of them do not know it. (Surat ad-Dukhan:
38-39)
Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that
you would not return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun: 115)
Therefore, each person needs to ponder the purpose of creation,
first as it concerns him himself, and then as it pertains
to everything he sees in the universe and every event he
experiences throughout his life. Someone who does not think,
will understand the facts only after he dies, when he gives
account before God, but then it will be too late. God says
in the Qur'an that on the day of account, everybody will
think and see the truth:
That day Hell is produced, that day man will remember;
but how will the remembrance help him? He will say, "Oh!
If only I had prepared in advance for this life of mine!"
(Surat al-Fajr: 23-24)
The truth can be told to a person in many different ways;
it can be shown by the use of details, pieces of evidence
and by every means. Yet, if this person does not think over
this truth on his own, sincerely and honestly with the purpose
of comprehending the truth, all these efforts are useless.
For this reason, when the messengers of God communicated
the message to their people, they told them the truth clearly
and then summoned them to think.
While God has given us a chance in the life of this world
to reflect and derive conclusions from our reflections,
to see the truth will bring us great gain in our life in
the hereafter. For this reason, God has summoned all people,
through His prophets and books, to reflect on their creation
and on the creation of the universe:
Have they not reflected within themselves? God did not
create the heavens and the earth and everything between
them except with truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people
reject the meeting with their Lord. (Surat ar-Rum: 8)
A man who reflects grasps the secrets of God's creation,
the truth of the life of this world, the existence of hell
and paradise, and the inner truth of matters. He gets a
deeper understanding of the importance of being a person
with whom God is pleased, and so he lives religion as is
its due, recognises God's attributes in everything he sees,
and begins to think not according to what the majority of
people demand but as God commands. As a result, he takes
pleasure from beauty much more than others do, and does
not suffer distress from baseless misapprehensions and worldly
greed.
These are only a few of the beautiful things a person who
thinks will gain in the world. The gain in the hereafter
of someone who always finds the truth by thinking, is the
love, approval, mercy and the paradise of our Lord, which
are above everything else.
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TAKEN FROM "EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH"
BY HARUN YAHYA,
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