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  • 1. To The Reader The reason why a special chapter is assigned to the collapse of the theory of evolution is that this theory constitutes the basis of all anti-spiritual philosophies. Since Darwinism rejects the fact of creation, and therefore the existence of God, during the last 140 years it has caused many people to abandon their faith or fall into doubt. Therefore, showing that this theory is a deception is a very important duty, which is strongly related to the religion. It is imperative that this important service be rendered to everyone. Some of our readers may find the chance to read only one of our books. Therefore, we think it appropriate to spare a chapter for a summary of this subject. In all the books by the author, faith-related issues are explained in the light of the Qur'anic verses and people are invited to learn God's words and to live by them. All the subjects that concern God's verses are explained in such a way as to leave no room for doubt or question marks in the reader's mind. The sincere, plain and fluent style employed ensures that everyone of every age and from every social group can easily understand the books. This effective and lucid narrative makes it possible to read them in a single sitting. Even those who rigorously reject spirituality are influenced by the facts recounted in these books and cannot refute the truthfulness of their contents. This book and all the other works of the author can be read individually or discussed in a group at a time of conversation. Those readers who are willing to profit from the books will find discussion very useful in the sense that they will be able to relate their own reflections and experiences to one another. In addition, it will be a great service to the religion to contribute to the presentation and reading of these books, which are written solely for the good pleasure of God. All the books of the author are extremely convincing. For this reason, for those who want to communicate the religion to other people, one of the most effective methods is to encourage them to read these books. It is hoped that the reader will take time to look through the review of other books on the final pages of the book, and appreciate the rich source of material on faith- related issues, which are very useful and a pleasure to read. In these books, you will not find, as in some other books, the personal views of the author, explanations based on dubious sources, styles that are unobservant of the respect and reverence due to sacred subjects, nor hopeless, doubt-creating, and pessimistic accounts that create deviations in the heart.
  • 3. First published April 2002 Millat Book Center, 2002 Distributed by Millat Center All translations from the Qur'an are from "The Noble Qur'an: a New Rendering of its Meaning in English" by Hajj Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley, published by Bookwork, Norwich, UK. 1420 CE/1999 AH. Website: http: // www.harunyahya.com E-mail: info@harunyahya.com Translated by: Ron Evans Edited by: David Livingstone ISBN: Printed in India
  • 4. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN They will say, "Our Lord, our miserable destiny overpowered us. We were misguided people." (Qur'an, 23:106) HARUN YAHYA April, 2002
  • 5. About The Author The author, who writes under the pen-name HARUN YAHYA, was born in Ankara in 1956. Having completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara, he then studied arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since the 1980s, the author has published many books on political, faith-related and scientific issues. Harun Yahya is well-known as an author who has written very important works disclosing the imposture of evolutionists, the invalidity of their claims and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and bloody ideologies such as fascism and communism. His pen-name is made up of the names "Harun" (Aaron) and "Yahya" (John), in memory of the two esteemed prophets who fought against lack of faith. The Prophet's seal on the cover of the author's books has a symbolic meaning linked to the their contents. This seal represents the Koran, the last Book and the last word of God, and our Prophet, the last of all the prophets. Under the guidance of the Koran and Sunnah, the author makes it his main goal to disprove each one of the fundamental tenets of godless ideologies and to have the "last word", so as to completely silence the objections raised against religion. The seal of the Prophet, who attained ultimate wisdom and moral perfection, is used as a sign of his intention of saying this last word. All these works by the author centre around one goal: to convey the message of the Koran to people, thus encouraging them to think about basic faith-related issues, such as the existence of God, His unity and the hereafter, and to display the decrepit foundations and perverted works of godless systems. Harun Yahya enjoys a wide readership in many countries, from India to America, England to Indonesia, Poland to Bosnia, and Spain to Brazil. Some of his books are available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat (Bosnian), Polish, Malay, Uygur Turkish, and Indonesian, and they have been enjoyed by readers all over the world. Greatly appreciated all around the world, these works have been instrumental in many people putting their faith in God and in many others gaining a deeper insight into their faith. The wisdom, and the sincere and easy-to-understand style employed give these books a distinct touch which directly strikes any one who reads or examines them. Immune to objections, these works are characterised by their features of rapid effectiveness, definite results and irrefutability. It is unlikely that those who read these books and give a serious thought to them can any longer sincerely advocate the materialistic philosophy, atheism and any other perverted ideology or philosophy. Even if they continue to advocate, this will be only a sentimental insistence since these books have refuted these ideologies from their very basis. All contemporary movements of denial are ideologically defeated today, thanks to the collection of books written by Harun Yahya. There is no doubt that these features result from the wisdom and lucidity of the Koran. The author certainly does not feel proud of himself; he merely intends to serve as a means in one's search for God's right path. Furthermore, no material gain is sought in the publication of these works. Considering these facts, those who encourage people to read these books, which open the "eyes" of the heart and guide them in becoming more devoted servants of God, render an invaluable service. Meanwhile, it would just be a waste of time and energy to propagate other books which create confusion in peoples' minds, lead man into ideological chaos, and which, clearly have no strong and precise effects in removing the doubts in peoples' hearts, as also verified from previous experience. It is apparent that it is impossible for books devised to emphasize the author's literary power rather than the noble goal of saving people from loss of faith, to have such a great effect. Those who doubt this can readily see that the sole aim of Harun Yahya's books is to overcome disbelief and to disseminate the moral values of the Koran. The success, impact and sincerity this service has attained are manifest in the reader's conviction. One point needs to be kept in mind: The main reason for the continuing cruelty and conflict, and all the ordeals the majority of people undergo is the ideological prevalence of disbelief. These things can only come to an end with the ideological defeat of disbelief and by ensuring that everybody knows about the wonders of creation and Koranic morality, so that people can live by it. Considering the state of the
  • 6. world today, which forces people into the downward spiral of violence, corruption and conflict, it is clear that this service has to be provided more speedily and effectively. Otherwise, it may be too late. It is no exaggeration to say that the collection of books by Harun Yahya have assumed this leading role. By the Will of God, these books will be the means through which people in the 21st century will attain the peace and bliss, justice and happiness promised in the Koran. The works of the author include The New Masonic Order, Judaism and Freemasonry, Global Freemasonry, Islam Denounces Terrorism, The Disasters Darwinism Brought to Humanity, Communism in Ambush, Fascism: The Bloody Ideology of Darwinism, The 'Secret Hand' in Bosnia, Behind the Scenes of The Holocaust, Behind the Scenes of Terrorism, Israel's Kurdish Card, The Oppression Policy of Communist China and Eastern Turkestan, Solution: The Values of the Qur'an, The Winter of Islam and Its Expected Spring, Articles 1-2-3, A Weapon of Satan: Romantism, Signs from the Chapter of the Cave to the Last Times, Signs of the Last Day, The Last Times and The Beast of the Earth, Truths 1-2, The Western World Turns to God, The Evolution Deceit, Precise Answers to Evolutionists, The Blunders of Evolutionists, Confessions of Evolutionists, The Qur'an Denies Darwinism, Perished Nations, For Men of Understanding, The Prophet Moses, The Prophet Joseph, The Prophet Mohammed, The Prophet Solomon, The Golden Age, Allah's Artistry in Colour, Glory is Everywhere, The Importance of the Evidences of Creation, The Truth of the Life of This World, The Nightmare of Disbelief, Knowing the Truth, Eternity Has Already Begun, Timelessness and the Reality of Fate, Matter: Another Name for Illusion, The Little Man in the Tower, Islam and the Philosophy of Karma, The Dark Magic of Darwinism, The Religion of Darwinism, The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 20 Questions, Allah is Known Through Reason, The Qur'an Leads the Way to Science, The Real Origin of Life, Consciousness in the Cell, A String of Miracles, The Creation of the Universe, Miracles of the Qur'an, The Design in Nature, Self-Sacrifice and Intelligent Behaviour Models in Animals, The End of Darwinism, Deep Thinking, Never Plead Ignorance, The Green Miracle: Photosynthesis, The Miracle in the Cell, The Miracle in the Eye, The Miracle in the Spider, The Miracle in the Gnat, The Miracle in the Ant, The Miracle of the Immune System, The Miracle of Creation in Plants, The Miracle in the Atom, The Miracle in the Honeybee, The Miracle of Seed, The Miracle of Hormone, The Miracle of the Termite, The Miracle of the Human Body, The Miracle of Man's Creation, The Miracle of Protein, The Miracle of Smell and Taste, The Secrets of DNA. The author's childrens books are: Wonders of Allah's Creation, The World of Animals, The Splendour in the Skies, Wonderful Creatures, Let's Learn Our Religion, The World of Our Little Friends: The Ants, Honeybees That Build Perfect Combs, Skillful Dam Builders: Beavers. The author's other works on Quranic topics include: The Basic Concepts in the Qur'an, The Moral Values of the Qur'an, Quick Grasp of Faith 1-2-3, Ever Thought About the Truth?, Crude Understanding of Disbelief, Devoted to Allah, Abandoning the Society of Ignorance, The Real Home of Believers: Paradise, Knowledge of the Qur'an, Qur'an Index, Emigrating for the Cause of Allah, The Character of the Hypocrite in the Qur'an, The Secrets of the Hypocrite, The Names of Allah, Communicating the Message and Disputing in the Qur'an, Answers from the Qur'an, Death Resurrection Hell, The Struggle of the Messengers, The Avowed Enemy of Man: Satan, The Greatest Slander: Idolatry, The Religion of the Ignorant, The Arrogance of Satan, Prayer in the Qur'an, The Theory of Evolution, The Importance of Conscience in the Qur'an, The Day of Resurrection, Never Forget, Disregarded Judgements of the Qur'an, Human Characters in the Society of Ignorance, The Importance of Patience in the Qur'an, General Information from the Qur'an, The Mature Faith, Before You Regret, Our Messengers Say, The Mercy of Believers, The Fear of Allah, Jesus Will Return, Beauties Presented by the Qur'an for Life, A Bouquet of the Beauties of Allah 1-2-3-4, The Iniquity Called "Mockery," The Mystery of the Test, The True Wisdom According to the Qur'an, The Struggle with the Religion of Irreligion, The School of Yusuf, The Alliance of the Good, Slanders Spread Against Muslims Throughout History, The Importance of Following the Good Word, Why Do You Deceive Yourself?, Islam: The Religion of Ease, Enthusiasm and Excitement in the Qur'an, Seeing Good in Everything, How do the Unwise Interpret the Qur'an?, Some Secrets of the Qur'an, The Courage of Believers, Being Hopeful in the Qur'an, Justice and Tolerance in the Qur'an, Basic Tenets of Islam, Those Who do not Listen to the Qur'an, Taking the Qur'an as a Guide, A Lurking Threat: Heedlessness, Sincerity in the Qur'an.
  • 7. CONTENTS FOREWORD .........................................10 INTRODUCTION ....................................12 LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE LOVE...................................................14 ROMANTIC NATIONALISM .....................18 THE VARIOUS IDEOLOGIES OF ROMANTICISM......................................40 ROMANTICISM IN THE NAME OF RELIGION ...........................................50 THE TRUE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM FAITH.............................56 ROMANTICISM: MISCELLANEA ..............74 THE IDEA OF ROMANTIC LOVE .............96 THE PHYSICAL ILL CAUSED BY ROMANTICISM...............................106 CONCLUSION: HOW TO ESCAPE THE DISEASE OF ROMANTICISM .........112 THE MISCONCEPTION OF EVOLUTION ..118
  • 10. Stir up any of them you can with your voice and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with them in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The promise of Satan is nothing but delusion. (Quran, 17:64)
  • 11. Introduction here is a subtle danger that leads people away from religion, T prevents them from submitting to God as their Lord, and ultimately brings numerous other forms of trouble and distress upon them. This danger can be recognised in many different areas of our lives: the 13 clenched fist of a fascist, the rousing anthem of a communist, or in the words of a letter written by a young man expressing his love to his loved- one. All arise from the same pernicious source. The most disturbing aspect of this danger is that an overwhelming number of people do not see it as a danger at all, nor do they realise either that it is actually a state of mind completely inimical to religion. In fact, many view it, not as a dangerous error, but rather as a virtue to be encouraged and widely propagated. This danger of which we are speaking is sentimentality that leads people to live, not according to their reason, but according to their emotions; that is, according to their desires, hatreds, their susceptibility to temptation, and their stubbornness. Sentimentality has become part of a culture of ignorance that has now brought millions of people throughout the world under its influence. In fact, it is one of the weapons that Satan uses to divert people from following the way of God, because someone who has fallen into the clutches of sentimentalism loses the ability to use his reason. And, when he cannot use his reason, then he cannot appreciate the fact that God has created him, nor can he come to recognise His signs and purposes, nor can he live in accordance to the sublime truths of religion. A life lived righteously is dependant on the use of one's reason, for God sent the Qu'ran "so that men of understanding may ponder its Signs and take heed." (Qur'an, 38:29) More precisely, if not treated, the disease of sentimentalism renders it impossible for a person to understand or experience religion in its true sense. Moreover, unless treated, the disease of sentimentality will make it impossible to bring an end to the pointless disputes, senseless suffering, assaults, distress and cruelty people inflict upon themselves in this world. This book will deal with the subject of sentimentalism by considering a few examples of this culture of ignorance, both in recent history, and in our own daily lives. No one should consider himself immune from this danger; on the contrary, everyone should be on their guard from the mire in which Satan wishes to trap us.
  • 12. You who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as friends, showing love for them when they have rejected the truth that has come to you… (Quran, 60:1)
  • 13. Legitimate and Illegitimate Love entimentalism, or in other words, romantic longing, makes itself S known most often under the guise of "love." For example, as we will explore in the following pages, the romantic nationalists claim to love their country, for which reason they are hostile or even 15 aggressive towards other nations. Or, we may consider a young man in love with a girl which he turns into the sole focus of his life: what leads him to write her poetry saying "I love you," and to become obsessed with her to the point of suicide, and, in fact, to "divinise" her, is the notion of "love." Then, there are homosexuals, those who fall under God's interdiction, and shamelessly and insistently practise their perversion; they too claim to have found "love." As for the majority of people, they think that every emotion to which the name of "love" is ascribed is virtuous, pure, and even holy, and that examples of romantic longing, such as what we have mentioned above, are perfectly acceptable. Love is indeed a wonderful emotion, accorded to humanity by God, but it is important to distinguish whether that love is real or not, and to consider who it is directed to, and what sentiments it is founded on. Such investigation should make apparent the difference between a sentimentalism that leads to perverse love, and real love, as revealed to us by God in the Qu'ran. These issues we will examine in this book. But first, by way of preliminary information, let us give the meaning of love as it is found in the Qu'ran. According to the Qu'ran, love is to be shown to those who deserve it. Those who do not deserve it are not to be loved. We are even to distance ourselves from them emotionally, or, at least, to not feel inclined towards them. But those who deserve love, deserve it because of their virtue. The only being who deserves absolute love is God, who created us all. God brought us into existence, proffered us with the countless blessings we enjoy, showed us the way, and promised us everlasting paradise. He helps us out of every anxiety and graciously hears our every call. It is He who feeds us until we are satisfied, cures us when we are ill and then restores our spirit. Therefore, he who understands
  • 14. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN the mysteries of the universe loves God above all, and loves whom God loves, that is, those devout individuals who conform to His will. On the other hand, those transgressors who rebel against God, 16 their Lord, are not worthy of love. To harbour love for these people is a grave error, against which God warns the faithful in the following words: You who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as friends, showing love for them when they have rejected the truth that has come to you, driving out the Messenger and yourselves simply because you believe in God your Lord. If you go out to strive in My Way and seeking My pleasure, keeping secret the love you have for them, know best what you conceal and what you make known. Any of you who do that have strayed from the right way. (Quran, 60:1) As indicated in above verse, the faithful must not bear any love for the rebellious. There is an important point here that needs to be kept in mind: even though a believer does not feel love in his heart for someone who rejects religion, he will do everything in his power to bring him to faith and submission to God. "Not to nurture love" for such a person does not mean feeling hatred for him, or not desiring what is good for him. On the contrary, one who believes in God will expound the meaning of religion to any person who seeks the true way, and who is disposed to receiving guidance. The believer who reminds that person of the existence of paradise and hell, and warns him of death, the day of Judgement, and of the afterlife, will fulfil his duty with care and compassion. Moreover, even if a person does not accept faith, despite all efforts, it does not impede the Muslim from dealing justly with him. Unless one tries to hurt the believers, or cause conflict and strife between people, he should nevertheless continue to exercise the same tolerance towards all, because God has given a command to His believers: God does not forbid you from being good to those who have not
  • 15. Legitimate and Illegitimate Love fought you over religion or driven you from your homes, or from being just towards them. God loves those who are just. God merely forbids you from taking as friends those who have fought 17 you over religion and driven you from your homes and who supported your expulsion. Any who take them as friends are wrongdoers. (Quran, 60:8-9) In the above verses, as well as the one cited previously (Qur'an, 60:1), God, in His great wisdom, teaches us a matter that is very important to understand. Emotions must not guide a person's behaviour, because they can lead into grave error. A person must act, not according to his emotions, but according to his reason, his free- will, and the commands of God. Moreover, he must train his emotions to conform to his reason and will. We can recognise this need in all who has fallen into the quagmire of sentimentality. Hundreds of millions of people are enslaved to the desires of their hearts, their ambition, passion, hatred and anger. They do things irrationally, and justify their acts by claiming helplessness, saying for example, "I can't help it. I just like it." or "I can't help it. I want it. I feel like it." But, the fact that a person "feels like" something does not mean that the thing is good or legitimate. Our inner-self is always urging us to do wrong, with Satan instigating us to commit even greater wrongs. When someone acts contrary to the will of God, and says, "I can't help it. I feel like it," his inner-self is actually acting as the tool of Satan. In the Qu'ran, God refers to such people in the following manner: Have you seen him who takes his whims and desires to be his god- whom God has misguided knowingly, sealing up his hearing and his heart and placing a blindfold over his eyes? Who then will guide him after God? So will you not pay heed? (Quran, 45:23) In the pages that follow, we will examine various examples of excessive romanticism, a kind of sentimentalism. We will discuss the dangers posed to people by this way of thinking, and explain how the disease can be treated.
  • 17. Romantic Nationalism ommonly, romanticism is understood as romance or the C Romantic movement of the nineteenth century, but besides these forms, romanticism is also closely related to certain political sentiments. Chief among them is "romantic nationalism," 19 which appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, and exercised a great influence in the world until the middle of the twentieth. First, it must be clearly stated that our criticism is not against nationalism per se, but against "romantic nationalism." There is a great deal of difference between the two. Fanatical Rage Nationalism, in the most common sense of the term, refers to an individual's love for his people and for his country. This is a good and completely legitimate sentiment. Since it does not go against religion, it has no damaging effect for humanity. Just as an individual's love for his mother or father is a legitimate feeling, so also is love for the nation, that nurtured him in a common faith and culture, a legitimate feeling. Nationalistic sentiments become illegitimate when they become irrational or overly passionate. If a person, out of love for his country, begins, without justification, to harbour feelings of hostility towards another nation, or tramples over the rights of other nations and peoples in the interests of his own-for example, if he seizes their land or confiscates their property-he has exceeded legitimate bounds. Or, when he lets his love for his nation turn into a kind of racism, that is, when he claims that his own nation is inherently superior to another, he has adopted an irrational outlook. God draws our attention to this irrational nationalism in the Qu'ran. What is described in the following verses as "fanatical rage," is a characteristic feature of societies who are divorced from the religion. Those who disbelieve filled their hearts with fanatical rage-the fanatical rage of the Time of Ignorance-and God sent down serenity to His Messenger and to the believers, and bound them to the expression of heedfulness which they had most right to and
  • 19. Romantic Nationalism Among these ignoramuses are also they who instigated the two greatest calamities of the twentieth century: the First and Second World Wars. Moved by such false notions as "German heroism," 21 "English pride" and "Russian courage," they subjected their own people, as well as the whole world, to great suffering, spilling the blood of 65 million people, and leaving tens of millions crippled, widowed and orphaned. The root cause of these calamities was "fanatical rage." We are now referring to it as "romantic nationalism." The Birth of Romantic Nationalism Nationalism as an idea spread throughout Europe in the 18th century. Prior to that, people lived under the power of many feudal lords. Then, they came together under a single nation-state governed by a central administration. European countries such as France and England were among the first to espouse the notion of nationalism and to become a nation-state. By the 19th century, most of the nations of Europe had achieved national unity. Only two countries did not participate in this development: Germany and Italy. In both these countries, the power of principalities or of small city-states lasted much longer. Italy achieved nationhood only in 1870, and Germany only a year later, in 1871. In other words, both these countries were later than other European countries in adopting and implementing the ideas of nationalism. However, this particular situation was the cause of the development of a more radical brand of nationalism in these two countries than in the other countries of Europe. According to the widespread opinion of social scientists, the reason for the birth and accession to power in these two countries of the extreme forms of nationalism, Nazism and fascism, was the spread of fanatic nationalistic sentiments linked with the late formation of national unity. In these two countries, and especially in Germany, those who
  • 20. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN promoted the idea of fanatic nationalism were known as "romantic nationalists." The basic features that characterise romantic nationalists are their exaltation of feeling to the detriment of reason, their belief 22 that their nation is endowed with a mystical and mysterious "spirit," and that this spirit makes their nation superior to others. Towards the end of the 19th century, romantic nationalism was influenced by racist theories that were then gaining wide acceptance, and which led to the claim that European races were superior to the other races of the world, and therefore, had the right to rule them. Romantic nationalism spread quickly, again, especially in The gravest example of "romantic nationalism" in the twentieth century was Hitler's Germany. This racist nationalism developed entirely through the influence of romantic idealism, and the oppression and misery to which it gave rise constitute a black stain on the history of the world.
  • 22. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN allegory. Spiritually they toyed with death, with brooding, with the somber, opaque recesses of the night. Novalis [a pioneer of the early German Romantics] said: ''Life is a sickness of the spirit.'' What we 24 have here is the beginning of aesthetic pessimism…. Romanticism uncovered the deeper irrational forces of the human spirit… Novalis believed that all worlds and ages could be united by the magic of imagination… Through the patriotic literature of the war of liberation this ''dance of the soul" reached the broad masses of the population. The German Romanticists developed the cult of aestheticism which was at once a rejection of reason and an attempt to apprehend unity and immediacy in one instantaneous act. In this theory the poetical was the absolutely real.2 The foundation of romantic nationalism was based on "feeling." This fanciful ideology produced individuals who were cut off from reality, lost in the confusion of their own minds. Romanticism, by enslaving people to their feelings, leads them to lose touch with reality, and in this manner, can be compared to the psychological disease of schizophrenia. (Those who suffer from schizophrenia are completely In Nazi Germany, the masses were entranced under the influence of grandiose emotionalism, and they were easily deceived into acquiescing to the inhuman motivations of Nazism.
  • 27. Romantic Nationalism the battle that, "within two days he would divide the German lines and within one week gain decisive victory." Although the German army was more advantageously positioned, the French army set out to 29 honour this unreasonable promise, and attacked on April 16. An attack they had hoped would end in two days lasted more than one and a half months, without a result, other than the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and finally, mutiny among the French troops. The same blood-lust mentality came to the fore again in World War II, but this time with even greater casualties. A total of 55 million people died as a result of the overweening ambition of psychopathic romantics such as Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. It is not only in global conflicts that romanticism plays a role; it also lies at the root of war and aggression between various countries, tribes and organisations. Without a clear understanding of the factors involved in the situation in which they were living, millions, influenced by emotional slogans, tales of heroism, stirring marching songs and poems, have taken up arms and shed, not only their own blood, but also the blood of those they considered to be the enemy, plunging with them the world into confusion and strife. In the four corners of the world, people incited to savagery and violence by romanticism can subject others to unimaginable tortures, and commit various kinds of inhuman acts against them.
  • 28. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN At the beginning of this book, we pointed out that sentimentality is a weapon used by Satan to divert humanity from the way of God, and to lead them into misery. This trap that Satan has set for humanity 30 is clearly evidenced in romantic nationalism. In the Qu'ran, God relates how Satan submits those under his influence to a state of terror, confusion and hostility: He (God) said, "Go! And as for any who follow you, your repayment is Hell, repayment in full! Stir up any of them you can with your voice and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with them in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The promise of Satan is nothing but delusion." (Quran, 17:63-64) The above verse relates how Satan, using those individuals under his control, will "entice any of them whom he can with his voice" and "rally against them his cavalry and his infantry"-the means to provoke romantic nationalism. Darwinism: The Intellectual Basis of Romantic Nationalism Romantic nationalists have resorted to a few philosophical and so-called scientific revelations to help justify their penchant for the shedding blood. The basis of these revelations is Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Darwin, an English biologist, wrote a book called The Origin of the Species which was published in 1859. In this book, he proposed that a merciless struggle occurs in nature and, according to whether or not they gain advantage in the struggle, living things develop and new species come into existence. In other words, according to Darwin, the key to development in nature is conflict. In another book, The Descent of Man, published in 1871, Darwin developed his ideas more cogently and proposed, moreover, that some races of humanity were more advanced relative to others, thus laying the foundations of scientific racism. Darwin regarded the white races of Europe as "advanced
  • 29. Romantic Nationalism races," and considered Africans, Asians, and even Turks, as "primitive and half-ape." With the spread of Darwin's theory, racism and militancy quickly 31 gained support, to the point where they began to be perceived as "scientific fact." The relationship between Darwinism and romantic nationalism should thus be clear: romantic nationalists founded their lust for conflict, and their obsession with the superiority of their own race over others, on Darwinism. It is possible to recognise Darwinism's catastrophic influence at work in the extraordinary degree of bloodshed that took place during World War l. Without a moment's hesitation, German, French, English, Russian and Austrian generals sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to their deaths, for nothing. They adhered to the Darwinian slogan that, "living things develop through conflict and races rise to pre- eminence through war." It was in accordance to this line of thought that they gave the command for war. For example, the connection between war and the laws of natural conflict was upheld by Friedrich von Bernhardi, a First World War general. "War" declared Bernhardi "is a biological necessity"; it "is as necessary as the struggle of the elements of nature"; it "gives a biologically just decision, since its decisions rest on the very nature of things."4 The Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, General Franz Baron Conrad von Hoetzendorff, wrote in his memoirs after the war: Philanthropic religions, moral teachings and philosophical doctrines may certainly sometimes serve to weaken mankind's struggle for existence in its Charles Darwin's theory brought crudest form, but they will never succeed misery upon misery to the world.
  • 30. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN in removing it as a driving motive of the world… It is in accordance with this great principle that the catastrophe of the world war came about as the result of the motive forces in the lives of states and 32 peoples, like a thunderstorm which must by its nature discharge itself.5 German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg's advisor and close friend Kurt Riezler wrote in 1914: Eternal and absolute enmity is fundamentally inherent in relations between peoples; and the hostility which we observe everywhere… Since the time of Darwin, racist attacks and related violence have increased. Today, we continue to find such twisted ideas in organisations such as the Neo- Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, which target blacks and people of other races. It must not be forgotten, that the responsibility for all of these inhuman tendencies arises first and foremost from Social Darwinism.
  • 31. Romantic Nationalism is not the result of a perversion of human nature but is the essence of the world and the source of life itself.6 Romanticism encourages passionate affiliation between those of 33 its own ranks, but incites anger and hatred against others. This is a spirit very much in accordance with the Darwinian concept of "the struggle for survival of the races." When applied in the social sciences, Darwin's theory is given the name of "Social Darwinism," and has been a major source of justification for romantic nationalism and racism. The American writer Janet Biehl, in her article entitled "Ecology and the Modernization of Fascism in the German Ultra Right," has this to say on this topic: Social Darwinism has deep roots in the German ultra-right… Like Anglo-American social Darwinism, German social Darwinism projected human social institutions onto the nonhuman world as 'natural laws,' then invoked those 'laws' to justify the human social arrangements as 'natural.' It also applied the maxim 'survival of the fittest' to society. But where Anglo- American social Darwinism conceived the 'fittest' as the individual entrepreneur in a 'bloody tooth and claw' capitalist jungle, German social Darwinism overwhelmingly conceived the 'fittest' in terms of race. Thus, the 'fittest' race not only would but should survive, vanquishing all its competitors in its 'struggle for existence.'7 In Germany, the most important representative of Social Darwinism was Ernst Haeckel: Germany's the biologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919). foremost proponent of Social He contributed to Darwinism by Darwinism. proposing the theory, summarised in
  • 32. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN "Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny," that mammals replicate the process of evolution in their embryonic development. (Years later 34 it was realized that this theory was unfounded and that Haeckel had even falsified his charts and diagrams.) Haeckel founded the "Monist League," an association whose aim was the propagation of atheism, and which, at the same time, became a centre of racism and romantic nationalism. In the 1920's, the Nazi Another book by movement, which was then developing Gasman, seen above, treats the growth of under the leadership of Hitler, was Social Darwinism in influenced by the ideas of Haeckel and the Germany in more detail. "Monist League." The historian Daniel Gasman, writing of these developments in The Scientific Origins of National Socialism: Social Darwinism in Ernst Haeckel and the German Monist League, said: ...[R]acially inspired social Darwinism in Germany… was almost completely indebted to Haeckel for its creation… His ideas served to unite into a full-bodied ideology the trends of racism, imperialism, romanticism, anti-Semitism and nationalism… It was Haeckel who brought the full weight of science down hard on the side of what were Volkism's essentially irrational and mystical ideas.8 Gasman also wrote: It may be said that if Darwinism in England was an extension of laissez faire individualism projected from the social world to the natural world, [in Germany it was] a projection of German romanticism and philosophical idealism… The form which social Darwinism took in Germany was a pseudo-scientific religion of nature worship and nature-mysticism combined with notions of racism.9 In the same vein, Janet Biehl wrote that "Haeckel was also a believer in mystical racism and nationalism, so that German social
  • 36. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN 38 The need was felt for distinct symbols to stir up romantic nationalist sentiments in the people; such as, the "German army," "German people," the "German flag," "German blood," etc...
  • 39. The Various Ideologies of Romanticism n the previous section we looked at the effects of romanticism I resulting from "romantic nationalism." Now let us look at some of the other manifestations of romanticism to see some of those calamities it has brought upon humanity. The first ideology we must 41 examine is one equally as appalling as romantic nationalism: that is, communism. Communist Romanticism Communism was incepted as a supposed ideology of reason. Its founders, Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) had adopted the philosophy of materialism which, they thought, they could apply to the social sciences and explain the "laws of history." Marx distinguished various stages of history: advanced countries of the time, such as England, were living in the "capitalist phase." He predicted that, after this phase, there would inevitably follow a workers' revolution which would begin the socialist phase. He also predicted that this revolution would happen spontaneously, that is, arising from the initiative of the workers themselves, and that it would happen in England and other industrialised countries. Marx's predictions did not come true, however. The fact that they would not materialise was evident within 30-40 years after his death. There was no revolution in England or in any other industrialised country; on the contrary, the social and economic conditions for workers improved. Communism's Claim to Rationality is False Marx's theory, then, should be considered as one of the many historical errors committed in the name of "social science," and should therefore have been abandoned. But, such was not the case. A group of individuals styling themselves "Marxists" attempted, with difficulty, to actualise Marx's unfounded predictions. Although the revolution Marx said would happen "spontaneously" did not come about at all, Marxists sought to incite the revolution through the establishment of
  • 41. The Various Ideologies of Romanticism 43 The most well-known symbols of communist romanticism: the proletariat breaking its chains, figures with clenched fists, revolutionary songs defending socialism to the death.
  • 42. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN claims and proves that matter, time, and the first activity, were created by God. 44 2. Materialism claims that matter and time are both "absolute;" that is, they are always existent, unchanging and stable. However, Einstein's Theory of Relativity proved that matter and time are not absolute, but merely perceptions subject to change. 3. Materialism claims that human mental functions and capacities can be reduced to a material explanation. However, the discovery of the brain's intricacies has shown the existence of various mental functions which have no corresponding feature in the brain, and has attested to the fact that human mentality exists beyond matter, and belongs to the "spirit." 4. Materialism asserts that living things were not created but, as Darwin's theory of evolution claims, came into being by chance. This claim has been discounted by scientific discoveries in the twentieth century, and it is now understood that there is an undeniable "design" in living things, leading to the fact that it is God who has created all life. If an ideology claims to be rational, but its claims do not stand up to the scrutiny of reason or science and, furthermore, if the plain facts The fathers of communism: Marx (left) and Engels (right). In the middle is a translation into Russian of Marx's Das Kapital.
  • 47. The Various Ideologies of Romanticism "lapse of consciousness" and are captivated by an emotional and psychological trance. It is possible only stubbornly for a communist to remain firmly 49 devoted to his ideology, knowing that its ideals will never be implemented. This blind commitment to ideology is demonstrated in vaunts such as: "I don't care if it's wrong, I don't care if we are successful or not, I am a communist and I will be until I die." Certainly, a rational person would not behave in such a way. This blind dedication is like the kind of madness seen in the obsessive desire of a man for a woman who has deceived and humiliated him, but who, despite it all, refuses to stop loving her. It has been demonstrated then, that communism is simply an element of the weapon of romanticism used by Satan to rob human beings of their reason, and to alienate them from faith in God. Despite its claim to be a rational philosophy and ideology, communism is rife with ideas that run contrary to simple reason and science. At least a century has now passed during which communists have continued to doggedly defend their ideology, making it clear that their devotion to the cause is a romantic one. The psychology of the people gathered in the large communist rallies in Red China and Soviet Russia, was actually no different from that of the people in Hitler's Germany. The force that drew them unconsciously into partisanship was their subliminal romanticism.
  • 49. Romanticism in the Name of Religion ather than a fully developed ideology itself, romanticism is R rather an influence which permeates various other ideologies, proffering them with an emotional quality that allows them to rob people of their rationality. As it has penetrated such entirely 51 irreligious and perverse ideologies as fascism and communism, it also at times makes its influence felt under the guise of religion. Before broaching this topic, there is an important point that must first be understood. A movement that claims for itself the name of religion may not necessarily be truly religious. On the contrary, in the past, there have been many individuals, groups and ideas which, while operating in the name of God and religion, have intended to do damage to religion and to its followers. God provides us with examples of such instances in the Qu'ran. For example, a criminal was plotting to kill one of God's prophets, the prophet Salih. While devising his plan, he and those with him made an oath in the name of God: They said, "Let us make an oath to one another by God that we will fall on him and his family in the night and then say to his protector, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are telling the truth.'" (Qur'an: 27:49) Those pagans who opposed the prophets often accused them of "fabricating lies against God," pointing to the fact that they thought of themselves as religious and God-fearing. (Qur'an, 42:24) For example, Pharaoh, who was perverse to the point of claiming himself to be a god, said this about Moses: ...Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord! I am afraid that he may change your religion and bring about corruption in the land. (Qur'an, 40:26) This shows that it is possible to think perversely and to carry out perverse acts under the name and guise of religion, and romanticism is at the top of the list of those perversities that are thought to be religious but, in fact, is not related to religion at all. To understand how romanticism is confused with religion, it is necessary to fully understand the idea of "sincerity." Sincerity is doing
  • 50. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN something in order to gain the approval of God only. If the act is truly done with sincerity, it is counted as worship in the sight of God. For example, praying, fasting, giving alms, working in the cause of God, 52 and all other acts of service, are to be regarded as acts of worship, only if they are undertaken to gain the approval of God. Worship performed without the intention of gaining God's approval is invalid according to God's command in the Qu'ran: "So woe to those who pray, and are forgetful of their prayer, those who show off" (Qur'an, 107, 4-6) This is also clear in the words of the Prophet Mohammed, who said, "God accepts those deeds which were performed purely for His sake and which were meant to seek His pleasure."12 It is in this manner that romanticism distorts religion. It directs religion towards a purpose other than gaining the approval of God; it represents religion as an emotional experience, in which people may satisfy their emotional needs, not to be practised for the pleasure of God. Romanticism under the guise of religion was the cause of the mass suicides of many cult- members in the U.S.A. David Koresh (above left) was responsible for the death of 80 of his followers in 1993. Under the leadership of Jim Jones (above) a total of 900 of his cult members committed suicide in 1978.
  • 51. Romanticism in the Name of Religion 53 Under the influence of emotionalism people become members of perverted cults and completely lose touch with reason and true religion. Herff Applewhite (above) told his followers that someone called "Do" was going to come and take them away in a UFO. They believed him and committed suicide as a group. By obfuscating this subtle but very important distinction, romanticism leads people to a completely false understanding of religion, the end-result being mysticism. When people cease to understand religion as submission to God, and begin to regard it as a means for "psychological exhilaration," then a number of mystical practices are sought, submerging them even deeper in this false approach. When we compare romanticised religion with the religion that God has revealed to us in the Qu'ran, we can recognise a number of great difference: 1. In the Qu'ran, God commands human beings to use their minds, to think, to consider what God has created and, in this way, to come to faith. However, the romantic approach to religion excludes reason; it doesn't lead people to use their minds, on the contrary, it encourages them not to think at all. 2. According to the romantic notions about religion, it is often deemed commendable for a person to abuse themselves and cause themselves pain. For example, there are Christians who think they are drawing closer to Jesus by having themselves crucified. In certain Oriental religions, such as Buddhism, starving oneself, sleeping in an
  • 52. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN In superstitious religions, it is common for people to immolate 54 themselves, injuring their bodies in the name of faith. This is a result of a romantic understanding of religion. uncomfortable place, and other forms of "self immolation," are supposed to make one holy. However, in the Qu'ran, there is absolutely no such idea as that a person should cause himself pain. This verse from the Qu'ran expresses this warped romantic understanding succinctly: "God does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people who wrong themselves." (Qur'an, 10:44) In short, according to the romantic approach, religion is something that encourages one's tendencies to idolize individuals, to be unreflective, nostalgic, self-effacing and self-destructive. It is a counterfeit system, comprised of beliefs and practices totally alien to true religion. Instead of learning what God wants from them, and living their lives accordingly, people prefer to continue the approach to religion, the behaviour and stereotypical ways of thinking inherited from their ancestors. They do not lead their lives according to a rational assessment of the conditions surrounding them, but hold on to the same old traditional patterns of thought and behaviour. This is a perversity against which God warns strongly in many verses of the Qu'ran. Here are a few examples: When they are told, "Come to what God has sent down and to the
  • 56. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN to fall upon millions of people, because they were unable to use their minds effectively. Wisdom, however, assures peace, well-being, and happiness, and shows the way to attain them. 58 Intelligence makes it possible for us, among other things, to think, form perceptions, focus our attention, and engage in practical activities. But, in addition to all these, a wise person also possesses a deep understanding unattainable by mere intelligence, and by means of which he is able to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Therefore, a wise person possesses insight far superior to that of an intelligent person. The source of wisdom, as we said before, is a deep-seated faith and fear of God. Those who fear God, heed His commandments and proscriptions, become naturally possessed of this superior insight as a blessing from God. But, though this virtue is easily acquired, very few are endowed of wisdom. This condition, that God makes known in the Qu'ran, saying, "Most of them do not use their reason." (Qur'an, 5:103), arises from the fact that most people do not have the proper faith, having left no room for the Qu'ran in their lives. The wisdom that God has granted to those who fear Him, You who believe! If and who live their lives in you have fear of God, conformity with the Qu'ran, He will give you a renders the devout believer criterion (by which to superior to the unbeliever in judge between right many ways. The basic and wrong) and erase components of this wisdom are your bad actions the believer's knowledge that from you and forgive God controls all things all the you. God's favour is time, his consciousness of the indeed immense. fact that everything in its every (Qur'an, 8:29) detail comes into being according to the fate which God has predetermined, and his
  • 58. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN recommendations, and who show wisdom in what they say and in what they write. Therefore, there is much benefit to be gained from the words and actions of such a person. 60 Once we recognise the importance of wisdom, it is not difficult to realise the seriousness of the danger posed by its opposite. This danger is a threat to both individuals and to society in general, and it will be helpful to examine the problems occasioned by lack of wisdom. One of the greatest impediments to wisdom is the spiritual corruption that we spoke of in the previous section of this book: romanticism, otherwise called sentimentality. Common Sentimentality We have defined sentimentality as one's acting upon not in accordance to the truths acquired by wisdom and reason, but in accordance to one's emotions. Sentimentality is a spiritual disease latent in every member of atheistic or pagan societies, though it generally tends to affect people differently; some people being more emotional than others. It is not possible for one who has no interest in Feeling sad, being pessimistic, or thinking that one is the victim of bad luck, are the typical characteristics of people who do not put their trust in God. However, no matter what the circumstances are, one should have trust in God, remain hopeful, and act accordingly.
  • 59. The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith the Qu'ran, or who does not live by the religion, to save himself from the grip of romanticism. Sentimentality can only be 61 eradicated by acting wisely, that is, by acting according to the moral teachings of the Qu'ran. For, it is not possible for someone who does not make his life conform to the Qu'ran, as we said earlier, to use his mind effectively. Despite its actually being a spiritual disease, sentimentality is, nonetheless, a very common measure in ignorant societies towards determining whether or not someone is a "good person." It has affected the majority- Sentimental people cannot free themselves from albeit the uninformed majority-of despair and melancholy. society, to such an extent that someone They wrong themselves. who is not easily moved to romantic feeling is quickly dismissed as heartless and unfeeling. Can sentimentality be so innocent and harmless as it is thought to be? If we are to look at this question and answer it realistically, we will discover the fact that sentimentality gives rise to some very grave results. In the previous sections of this book, we saw the plain effects of sentimentality in the social sphere but it also has highly damaging effects in everyday life. Sentimentality has been one of the main reasons for the complaints voiced by many people relative to many issues for which they are at a loss to find a solution. However, because the solution to every problem, and the way out of every difficulty, is presented in the Qu'ran, those individuals or societies that use it as their guide have all the advantages that wisdom affords. In other words, they come to live the benefits of wisdom: ...A Light has come to you from God and a Clear Book. By it,
  • 62. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN How Does Sentimentality Obscure Wisdom? Everyone was created with feelings like love, compassion, mercy 64 and fear. To possess these feelings is to be human. What we want to emphasise here is that, in order for a person to have a healthy and balanced spiritual life, it is necessary for him to keep his emotions under control, and direct them according to his faith and wisdom. For example, love has been given to humanity so that it may be shown foremost towards God, who created us from nothing, who provides for us, gives us every blessing, and who promised us an eternal life filled with happiness. Also, love is an emotion that must be directed towards those who love God and whom God loves, that is, to believers. A person is loved for his closeness to God, his fear of God, and his care to protect His prerogatives. All these forms of love are directed toward God, and toward those objects in which His attributes are manifested. In fact, for a believer to feel love for the enemies of God and His religion is forbidden in the Qu'ran. As well, God has commanded His believers to fear nothing or no one other than Him, because every thing and every person is within His sovereignty. Apart from God, there is no strength or power; therefore, there is no other being worthy to be feared than Him. Those who give in We will take the feeling of rage as times of both ease our next example. Rage is an emotion that awakens a believer's responsibility and hardship, towards his fellow man, and leads him those who control to take action against injustice, against their rage and the enemies of God and religion, and pardon other against oppression. However, when a people-God loves believer acts on his sense of the good-doers responsibility, it is with intelligence, (Qur'an, 3:134) moderation and a good moral sense. A believer never acts unjustly or mercilessly, nor out of vengeance, or, as
  • 63. The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith the Qu'ran commands, he never returns injustice for injustice, or cruelty for cruelty. However, a person who acts based on his feelings may become 65 easily infuriated if the slightest thing does not go his way, and if things don't happen according to his wishes, or if someone does not do what he wants, and may suddenly erupt in anger. Because of the anger inside him, his judgement and insight may suddenly become obscured, and he may, at any moment, commit an impulsive act. As we have seen, a human being must direct the emotions God has created in him according to God's will. In other words, he must not harbour within himself fear or anger, or any kind of love, that is not according to God's will. If he does, he will not be following the way God has revealed, but the way his emotions have directed him to. This is nothing less than idolatry. When those feelings innate in human beings are not directed by wisdom, the disease of sentimentality sets in and starts to overtake their behaviour, conversation, actions, thoughts and their approach to things in general. When such is the case, one A person whose mind is devoid of reason and is swept away by his emotions, may easily become angry, develop a grudge, and even resort to violence. A person of wisdom who has faith, on the other hand, "controls his rage," as commanded by God, and always assumes a moderate attitude.
  • 66. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN do to help, but will seek to be consoled himself as if he were the one in need of support. Or, someone near him suddenly becomes ill; instead of 68 performing first aid and calling an ambulance, he will start running around creating panic with his foolishness. If someone asked him what was happening, he would not be able to because his emotionalism prevents him from using his mind, and detaches him from other people. Or, he himself suffers some illness; he knows there is something wrong, but if he goes to the doctor he is afraid it will turn out to be serious. He does not want to be unhappy, so he is not interested in getting a final diagnosis. By not getting the treatment he could have got if he had acted wisely, he loses the opportunity to be cured of his illness. We could multiply the examples of this kind of unwise emotional behaviour to demonstrate how such irrationality leads to terribly detrimental results, and which can at times be a matter of life and death. These individuals are so disturbed, through the influence of Satan, by the things they see happening around them that beome debilitated, such that they He (Satan) has no themselves come to need help authority over those and reassurance. However, if who believe and put they had used their wisdom and their trust in their taken appropriate decisions in Lord. He only has relation to the events they had authority over those experienced, they could have who take him as a found solutions to their friend and associate problems. others with God. As we can see, emotional (Qur'an, 16:99-100) individuals are not people who can use their minds to produce solutions to problems; they
  • 67. The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith cannot lead people. On the contrary, because they themselves need to be led or looked after, they become a burden to 69 others. For example, if an emotional person sees someone in need, instead of offering help, he will think to do nothing more than moan and say "Oh, the poor thing!," or some other expression of pity. In this case, wisdom is relegated completely into the background, and it is a mistake to expect any positive benefit from someone such as this. In the Qu'ran, God reveals the difference between such people and believers: God makes another metaphor: two men, one of them deaf and dumb, unable to do anything, a burden on his master, no matter where he directs him he brings no good, is he the same as someone who commands justice and is on a straight path? (Qur'an, 16:76) Believers do not react to things according to their emotions, but tempered by their wisdom, and in every A distinct characteristic of sentimental people is that they situation, as stated in the verse above, cannot find solutions to the they "command justice," that is, they problems they encounter, but make sure that the right and proper choose rather to become pessimistic. On the other hand, thing is done. Since they believe that those who act, not with their everything they experience in their lives emotions, but with their reason, and is by the consent of God, and that, apart put their trust in God, are able to come up with numerous and unique from what God wants for them, they solutions, whatever the situation.
  • 69. The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith impossible for them to self- criticise themselves, or improve on their mistakes. 71 As we just mentioned, people with this kind of psychology either interpret every word said to them as an injustice and become vexed, as a result of which they despair and withdraw into themselves. God speaks in the Qu'ran of the kind of person who chooses unhappiness for himself: He who has fear will be reminded; but the most miserable will shun it. (Qur'an, 87:10-11) By not using their reason and following the dictates of their emotions, these people It has been revealed allow their wisdom to be to you and those clouded more and more day before you: "If you by day. If they do not correct associate others with their condition, they cannot God, your actions possibly conceive of the will come to nothing essence of religion, or live their and you will be lives according to its among the losers." principles. An emotional No! Worship God and person without wisdom is not be among the possessed of sound judgement thankful. or a stable and coherent mind. (Qur'an, 39: 65-66) In a matter that would otherwise be very clear to a
  • 71. The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith Anyone who takes Satan as his protector in place of God has clearly lost everything. He makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what Satan promises them is nothing but 73 delusion. (Qur'an, 4:118-120) He who understands these verses does not let Satan lead him into delusion. He does not get caught up in emotion, but uses his wisdom to see reality clearly, and to then act justly according to what he sees. That which is confused, contradictory, and inexplicable to someone whose mind has been clouded by emotion, is clear, obvious and simple to the mind of a believer. Those who slavishly fall into sentimentality, on the other hand, have thrown aside their reason, delivered themselves to the will and the whim of Satan, and continue to be led toward eternal torment through the bleak mire of idolatry.
  • 73. Romanticism: Miscellanea entimentality closes the mind and makes one vulnerable to all S of Satan's wiles. Using sentimentality as a tool, Satan can lead people and societies without religion as he wills into all kinds of perversion. We examined a few examples of this strategy of his in 75 the first section of this book, and we have seen how such ideologies as romantic nationalism and communism have exploited sentimentality to lead individuals and societies into destruction. In our own every-day lives, there are many types of sentimentality. In the following pages, we will look at the basic kinds of sentimentality. Moroseness and Pessimism Human beings are created with a nature that takes pleasure in beauty, and with a desire to live in happiness and in well-being. Therefore, it is a completely natural human desire to be rid of unpleasant situations as quickly as possible, or to turn them into pleasant ones. In fact, being of a peacable of mind and a healthy spirit are important factors for the health of the mind, as well as the body. However, when people act according to their feelings, desires and passions, without regard for the Qu'ran's teaching, they become oppressed by sadness, worry and fear. When one has no understanding of the nature of fate, and of what it means to put one's life in God's hands, and complete submission to His will as taught in the Qu'ran, he is in a state of constant struggle with the anxiety that arises from not knowing what will happen to him or to those close to him at any given time. Whereas, if he lives his life according to the religion that God has chosen for him, and according to the moral canons of the Qu'ran, he will never experience this anxiety or any other such difficulty. God proclaims this truth through His messengers when he says: ... all those who follow My guidance will not go astray and will not be miserable. But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his life will be a dark and narrow one … (Qur'an, 20:123-124)
  • 76. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN And again, not getting the job he really wanted is an occasion for an ignorant person, to feel 78 unlucky and dejected. Such a person regards getting the job as definitely the best thing for him, and not getting it as his greatest loss, whereas, a person who has faith that God is his friend and protector will know that God approved the result for his good, and he will submit to it with pleasure and satisfaction. Perhaps the work environment would have damaged his health; perhaps it was necessary for him not to take that job because a greater opportunity was about to come to him. And finally, if a person were Evaluating everything negatively to get into a car in the morning throughout his day, a sentimental and it didn't work, he will, in his person becomes easily upset, infuriated, and regretful, regarding it ignorance, regard it as a great all as misfortune. misfortune, but actually the car didn't work because God designated it so, and some benefit was to come from the situation. The person in this situation may not see the reason behind the occurrence, but whether he sees it or not, he must be pleased with God. People call it misfortune when something happens against their wishes, whereas it is best for the event to happen in this particular way because it was determined by fate. If God were to show them the reason behind what they call misfortune, and for which they feel frustrated, and the benefit that ultimately comes from the things that otherwise upset them and make them anxious or angry, they would
  • 79. Romanticism: Miscellanea Anger and Irascibility Sentimentality shows itself most often in women as sadness, pessimism, weeping and whinniness, while in men it appears 81 generally as anger, irascibility, and aggression. For example, when an emotional man sees that his place in a parking garage has been taken by someone else, he will shout and kick the intruding car. Or, if someone bumps into him on the sidewalk by mistake, he will easily lose his temper. Or, if his son or daughter left the house and forgot the key inside, if a waiter is late bringing the bill, if a secretary makes him wait on telephone, or if he is irritated by traffic, he will say the first thing that comes to his mind. Confronted with problems that a rational person could deal with easily, even without occupying his mind with the hundreds of details involved, an emotional person would react in an unnecessarily exaggerated manner. And, most of the time, he merely harms himself and ends up humiliated. Emotionalism in men takes the form of anger and irascibility, and is often regarded as the quality of a "tough-guy" or "macho." This psychology is merely an amalgam of anger and romanticism, while most of those affected by it are unbalanced, and have a tendency to lose their temper, or "go off the handle." As a result of a moment of rashness, they may hurt or injure someone, or even kill; their victim could easily be a total stranger. Pages of newspapers are often filled with the crimes and offences committed by this type of personality. An If a person is hot tempered, unable to control his anger, yells, shouts and injures himself or others, it is clear that his actions are provoked by his emotions, not his reason.
  • 80. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN evening that might have begun pleasantly could suddenly come to an end when an emotional man becomes irritated and hits a friend or someone near him. Walking in the street he may pull out a knife and 82 stab some unknown person who "looked at him sideways." For that one minute, he may give in to his passions, and then end up spending the rest of his life in prison. More importantly, if he kills, or otherwise harms someone, without just cause, he will have committed a grave sin in the sight of God. Irascible emotionalism in a person is a potential danger that can erupt out at any time, and have very serious repercussions. An emotional person may become angry if someone makes a wrong move in traffic, or if someone he does not know looks at him in such a way as to make him uncomfortable, or because of some simple misunderstanding, then act in such a way as to only bring upon himself all sorts of trouble and pain. A clear example of the unreasonableness that emotionalism gives rise to can be seen in the brutish behaviour of some fans after a football match. They assault people they do not know, and nearly kill them with meat cleavers, knives and clubs. Their minds and consciences are blinded by the satanic weapon of emotionalism, truly a grave plague on society. But, God commands human beings to avoid Satan, to establish peace and security, not anger and conflict. You who believe! Enter absolutely into peace (Islam). Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (Qur'an, 2:208) The Prophet Mohammed also preached serenity among the believers, saying "The strong is not the one who overcomes the people with his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger."14 Here, it is necessary to distinguish between sentimentality and rationality. Anger and hate felt in response to acts of cruelty and evil make a person more sensitive to and aware of justice, peace and goodness, and motivate him to strive for the eradication of that cruelty and evil, for its prevention, and for the protection of the rights of the
  • 82. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN weak and the innocent. If the sense of justice that God gave to humanity is not controlled by the will and wisdom, it can be diverted from its true purpose, and flare up against the fans of an opposing 84 sports club. People who do not have a strong will and wisdom cannot restrain their emotions, and can be led from the true path into whatever direction Satan may desire. In another verse, God warns humanity against Satan: You who believe! Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. Anyone who follows in Satan's footsteps should know that he commands indecency and wrongdoing. Were it not for God's favour to you and His mercy, not one of you would ever have been purified. But God purifies whoever He wills. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Qur'an, 24:21) There are times in sports competitions, especially football matches, when a great number of spectators are caught up in emotionalism. In such cases, people become completely irrational. They become easily angry, assaulting another, or become so caught up in their emotions that they break into tears. Sometimes, their actions become so out of control that they injure others.
  • 87. Romanticism: Miscellanea power. Because they do not use their wisdom, they cannot see that God created that which they falsely venerate, and all that they accomplish by Him, and that without His power and command they 89 would have no power or ability to do anything. This misplaced gratitude is only later a cause of shame for sentimental people. Their grovelling to their bosses, a family elder or a rich relative leads them to become depressed, a feeling which is then reflected in the way they speak and how they act. This kind of behaviour is one of the numerous forms of anxieties that romanticism engenders, and is unbecoming for a believer. Introversion In some people, sentimentality takes the form of introversion, or the inability to communicate with others. In this kind of sentimentality, a person lives in his own world, immerses himself in his own problems; he has no interest in what goes on around him, and, therefore, is incapable of taking action. Because he does not have the strength of character commended in the Qu'ran, he is not possessed God is the Protector of of the ability to deal with external realities. He does not attempt to those who believe. He solve problems that confront him, brings them out of the feeling only weak, helpless and darkness into the useless. Because he has not put light. But those who himself in the hands of God, and disbelieve have false does not trust in His unfailing gods as protectors. help, he feels that he is all alone in They take them from the world and without recourse. the light into the For that reason, he is afraid to darkness. Those are come out of the dream-world he the Companions of the has created within himself. Fire remaining in it This melancholy caused by timelessly, for ever. sentimentality can lead this type of (Qur'an, 2:257) person into depression. The
  • 88. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN particular conditions naturally experienced by emotional people are loneliness, stress, low-spiritedness, and nervous breakdowns. They always find a reason for their mournfulness, sadness, depression and 90 thoughts of suicide. For example, a girl who had been the but of a joke made by a friend may think it normal to spend the entire night crying, and obsessing over why her friend would have said such a thing. In another case, greying hair or a physical flaw may be sufficient enough for depression. "Why aren't my eyes a different colour?" "Why couldn't I be a little taller?"; dozens, or hundreds, of such questions occupy such people's minds, viewed as problems justifying their depression. You will often find this type of person sitting in the dark doing what appears to be "thinking," writing sad poems, staring at the wall for hours day-dreaming, walking in the rain, sighing deeply, crying secretly, teary-eyed, and speaking with a quivering voice. Some of them will drink or smoke too much in a purported attempt to dispel their sadness. These people experience the Emotional people, their introversion, and melancholic loneliness, are not compatible with depression and discomfort of religion. God calls people to put their trust in what they image to be a dark Him and have peace of mind
  • 89. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN world, needlessly leading a life of both spiritual and physical misery. Important to note, however, is that they have adopted a behaviour and morality disapproved of by God. 92 Certainly, these people could not spend their whole lives shut up in their rooms. Though they have a social life, they bring their flawed emotional state with them in public. Generally, they are of a fragile disposition and are easily insulted. From every word they take a When they listen to their favourite rock musician, young people sometimes become so overcome with adoration that they become obsessed with that person. This is a kind of sentimentalism. As can be seen on television and in the newspapers, sometimes this sentimentalism causes such excessive emotion that young fans often faint at concerts and have to be taken to hospital.
  • 91. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN passions and desires, follow in the path of Satan. God issues this warning to humanity in the Qu'ran: 94 ... And do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He truly is an outright enemy to you. He only commands you to do evil and indecent acts and to say about God what you do not know. (Qur'an, 2:168-169) All the types of emotionalism that we have enumerated so far, are present to a certain degree in all People who abandon their reason and those who have abandoned reason wisdom fall under the tyranny of their emotions, and are lured into a in favour of living as slaves to their perverse way of life. emotions. But it takes on different forms depending on the situations and the people involved. For example, an irascible, irritable, unbalanced person, no matter how hard and gruff he may try to appear, still tries to cover his semtimentality and weakness with the guise of irascibility. Such a person may humiliate himself by unexpectedly breaking out in tears or whining. In short, someone who has no faith, or who does not have the wisdom proper to a believer, will be possessed of a weakness of mind and character that is the result of sentimentality. This sentimentality will manifest itself in various kinds of unbalanced behaviour, depending on the circumstances, the environment and the situation. Sentimentality is not a vice to be found in believers, who have faith and fear God. Since Satan has no influence over the devout who believe, he cannot use his weapon of sentimentality against them. In regards to Satan, God gives this command in Sura 15, verse 42, as follows: "You have no authority over any of My slaves except for the misled who follow you." For this reason, believers possess a character
  • 92. Romanticism: Miscellanea strengthened by faith, wisdom and their commitment to the When the affair is Qu'ran; they are strong, sound, decided Satan will say, 95 balanced and perceptive. "God made you a One of the most common promise, a promise of forms of sentimentality in truth, and I made you a society today is the notion of promise but broke my romantic love. This sentiment promise. I had no is experienced differently by authority over you, different people, and is found except that I called you from family relations, to and you responded to relations of friendship and me. Do not, therefore, camaraderie; but it is most blame me but blame usually found in the yourselves. I cannot relationship between a man come to your aid nor and a woman. you to mine. I reject Because the idea of the way you associated romantic love is perhaps the me with God before."... most widespread and perverse (Qur'an, 14:22) kind of sentimentality, we will treat it in a separate section.
  • 95. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN apart from God, and loves that person or thing as he should love God. There are many kinds of idolatry perpetrated in society that arise from the nurturing of a false and illegitimate love. Idolising one's 98 father, son, wife, family or ancestors aside from God are all examples of errant and illegitimate forms of love. In the following verse, Abraham explains how pagans, out of mutual love and regard between each other, abandoned God and adopted idols for worship: He said, "You have adopted idols apart from God as tokens of mutual affection in this world. But then on the Day of Rising you will reject one another and curse one another. The Fire will be your shelter. You will have no helpers." (Qur'an, 29:25) The Qu'ran is thus telling us how these bonds of love ultimately turn to hate and betrayal on the Day of Judgement. The reason being, that when people establish a bond of inordinate love or adoration between themselves they make idols of each other, which leads only to torment. For those who acknowledge God as the only god, there is no possibility of putting another person or another thing on the same level as God, or of loving that thing or person more than Him. Idolators do the opposite, as discussed in the following verse: Some people set up equals to God, loving them as they should love God. But those who believe have greater love for God. If only you could see those who do wrong at the time when they see the punishment, and that truly all strength belongs to God, and that God is severe in punishment. (Qur'an, 2:165) In the above quoted verse, how much people with faith are to love God is explained to us. So much so, that it is impossible to say that someone has faith if he adores someone or something else more strongly than he loves God. If someone claims the opposite, it is clear either that he is not being sincere, or that he does not understand God and His religion as well as he should. Indeed, the end part of this verse makes it clear that those who worship others aside from God have a wrong and incomplete perception of Him.
  • 97. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN Idolatrous Love Between Men and Women In the relationship between a man and a woman, the 100 establishment of a mutual bond, outside of that approved by God, is one of the most critical factors leading to "idolatry." It may take the form of marriage, or "living together," which has gained an increasingly widespread acceptance. In this romantic understanding of love, the "lovers" show to each other all the duties that should be directed toward God, and they show to each other those feelings that should be reserved for God, as if they had an existence apart from Him. These individuals, instead of keeping God in mind, think only of each other. When they first open their eyes in the morning, instead of thanking their Creator for the new day, they think of each other, seeking to please only each other, not to please God. They are willing to sacrifice themselves for each other, but not for God. In short, each turns the other into god. Likewise, when we consider various examples of this warped understanding of love, as has become so widespread in the world, we will find that romantic men and women will openly declare to each other, "I worship you," "Wherever I go, I think about you," and other such expressions. However, wherever one looks, and wherever one goes, the only Being who deserves to be adored is God, the Lord of the Universe. As we have been examining, romantic love appears to be an innocent kind of love, though it is a type of "idolatry," reprehensible in the sight of God. However, Satan blinds people to the truth, and so, in this case, he has again warped the truth to make it seem pleasant, and to make people follow the way he shows them: By God, We sent Messengers to communities before your time, but Satan made their actions seem good to them. Therefore today he is their protector. They will have a painful punishment. (Qur'an, 16:63) … Satan made their actions seem good to them and so debarred them from the Way, even though they had been granted insight. (Qur'an, 29:38)
  • 99. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN may jump off a bridge, hand in hand, in order to "immortalise" their love, or so that "their souls may be together for 102 eternity," or for some such other irrational motive. However, in committing such an act, they are not aware that they are actually throwing themselves directly into the jaws of hell. In committing such a forbidden act, without seeing the error in it, they believe that they will be reunited not with God but with each other after their death. This they will realise when they see the Angel of Death, at their final moment, but it will be too late. We can read in the newspapers of Depression often occurs among young people when they sense the deeply-saddened letters left that the person he or she is with behind by people who have is no longer interested in them. committed suicide because of unrequited love. These are clear examples of how romanticism can completely shut up a person's mind and conscience. However, when the blindfold is removed, and a person sees that the promise of eternal torment is real, he will finally try to save himself by offering as ransom that partner to whom he had blindly devoted himself, and turned into a god under the influence of romanticism. What these people will ultimately do is described in a verse of the Qur'an as follows: Even though they can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife or his brother or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on earth, if that only meant that he could save himself. (Qur'an, 70:11-14) The same situation is described in another verse:
  • 101. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN The Day a man will flee from his brother and his mother and his father, and his wife and his children: on that Day every man among them will have concerns enough of his own. (Qur'an, 80:34-37) 104 The kind of romantic love that leads to idolatry has become acceptable in society as completely "innocent," as "mere romance" and as "true feelings;" it is even praised and encouraged. Usually, it is at a young age that people fall under the influence of romanticism, which prevents the development of their minds and conscience, keeping them ignorant of religion, faith and the purpose of creation. They have forgotten God, and know nothing about loving or fearing Him. Idolatry then becomes the common practise of this misguided generation. Television and films often impose romantic and emotional subjects on viewers. They contend that sentimentality is merely a natural tendency in human beings. Romance is one of the most consistent and marketable themes in music, poetry and literature. Satan knows very well that sentimentality is a sickness that prevents people from thinking properly, of recognising reality, of being mindful of God, and of contemplating the purpose of creation and the afterlife, and that it lures people away from practising their religion, and leads ... It is as if their faces them ultimately into idolatry. were covered by dark Therefore, he seeks to mislead patches of the night. society at every turn by means of Those are the an intense and constant Companions of the Fire, bombardment of sentimental remaining in it timelessly, for ever. On themes. the Day We gather them Consequently, those who think all together, We will say that idolatry simply refers to the then to those who worship of false-gods, or statues associated others with made of stone or wood, should be God, "To your place, you careful not to regard themselves as and your partner-gods!" immune from this matter, or to be Then We will sift them among those who will say on the out … last day, "By God, our Lord, We (Qur'an, 10:27-28) were not idolators." (Qur'an, 6:23)
  • 103. God does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people who wrong themselves. (Qur'an, 10:44)
  • 104. The Pysical Ill Caused by Romanticism s romanticism causes mental and spiritual damage, so too A does it cause physical deterioration. Most important are those apparent physical changes that a person is unable to hide. It is natural that if one experiences mental distress, tension and worry, 107 these are bound to be reflected in his outward appearance. An emotional person's facial expressions, hand movements and tone of voice, all reveal the fact that his or her personality is governed by sentimentality. In emotional people, we may recognise the physical traits that a "psychosomatic," or mental illness, can give rise to. When their bodies lose their physical resilience, they become weak, their immune system collapses and they either fall into one illness after another or an existing illness lingers without getting better. Along with this sickness come many other changes: a person may lose his hair, or it may become prematurely grey and appear lifeless; the skin loses its moisture and elasticity and becomes dry, thickened, wrinkled and cracked, with the result that it becomes prone to infections. Moreover, because the cells are slow to regenerate, the person appears to have a permanent skin condition; his complexion is sallow and his eyes are dull. Therefore, it is evident that people with a tendency towards romantic melancholy, who continually create problems for themselves, become old early. Their bodies cannot stand the years of unrelenting tension, emotional flare-ups and mental unrest. As a consequence, they display signs of early ageing and other forms of serious physical deterioration. This is not the last of the physical damage that sentimentality can inflict on a person. His inner soberness and melancholy are reflected on his face and in his behaviour; all his dynamism, spirit, zest for life and love are seriously diminished and, consequently, so is his physical health. Because of the dullness of his eyes, the thinning and lifelessness of his hair, and the tension in his facial muscles, his expression is tense, gloomy and unpleasant. These are just a few of the physical changes that might take place. By the same token, people who
  • 105. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN 108 The mental problems caused by sentimentality show themselves in physical conditions and various diseases. are joyous, calm and composed, live much longer lives compared to those who are tense, stressed and prone to tears, and it is a scientifically proven fact that they are healthier. Moreover, confronted with these physical changes, they make the nightmare they are living worse, instead of thinking about the transience of the world, their own helplessness within it, and submitting in faith to God. Because they do not consider the good that may come to them from growing old and its effects, they are despairing and beset by continual anxiety. Caught in this vicious circle, they are fixed in a burden that they are physically unable to eradicate. In fact, doctors have indicated that a number of illnesses are caused by sadness, worry and stress, and that the only cure is in finding joy and becoming more optimistic. It has been determined that a number of conditions-sleep and eating disorders, high or low blood-pressure, stomach, kidney and heart problems, asthma, allergies, eczema, psoriasis, migraines, cancer and many illnesses-have psychological origins connected to stress and
  • 106. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN depression. When the body is faced with stress, there is a biochemical 110 reaction in which the consumption of energy is raised to the maximum level, and if this level of stress continues, an imbalance in body functions results. Experts have written about the connection between stress and pain: There is a significant correlation between stress and the tenseness and pain it causes. Stress-born tenseness causes the veins to be contracted, therefore preventing blood flow to certain regions in the brain. On the other hand, leaving a tissue bloodless for a while is direct cause for pain, because, possibly, the extra need for oxygen in the tense tissue as well as the lack of blood in the tissue stimulates special pain receptors. Meanwhile, adrenaline and noradrenalin-substances that affect the nervous system during stress-are released. These either directly or indirectly increase the tenseness of the muscles. Thus, pain causes tenseness, which in turn causes anxiety, which then leads to an increase in pain. 16 Stress and depression-related conditions, such as memory loss, attention deficit, lack of clear judgement and thinking, nervous twitches and uncontrollable behaviour, are recognisable in those
  • 107. The Pysical Ill Caused by Romanticism people who have no faith, whereas believers are spiritually and mentally sound and well-balanced. This is because, true peace of mind and lasting joy come only from submitting to God and putting one's 111 self in His hands. The believer's joy and peace of mind never abandon him, because he has submitted himself to God, and to the fate that God has created, and lives his life trusting in Him. By God's grace, he is spared this kind of physical deterioration. The feeling of melancholy that romanticism instils in people is a terrible ailment which can only be removed by the submission and joy that faith brings. Believers, on their way to Paradise, will offer praise to God in these words: They will say, "Praise be to God who has removed all sadness from us. Truly our Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Thankful." (Qur'an, 35:34)
  • 108. God will give security those who have done their duty in their victorious Safe Haven. No evil will touch them and they will know no sorrow. (Qur'an, 39:61)
  • 109. Conclusion: How to Escape the Disease of Romanticism entimentality is one of the most common character flaws of S those who have adopted a way of life and morality contrary to religion. It is not, however, as has typically been thought, a trait of character that one is born with and cannot change. 113 This spiritual condition is one that a person has either adopted consciously or unconsciously. Those who claim that introversion, weepiness, melancholy and irascibility, cannot be controlled by the will, will find, upon sincere reflection, that their contention is untenable. For example, if a melancholy person is offered a large sum of money, or something else of considerable value, he might immediately become overjoyed, this being clear evidence to the fact that if someone wishes, he can very easily abandon his despairing attitude. So, it is clear that sentimental attitude adopted by a person merely represents a lack of consideration for those around him, and is a typical example to a person's wronging himself, as the Qu'ran says: God does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people who wrong themselves. (Qur'an, 10:44) However, sentimental people cannot grasp this reality, because they are continually in a melancholic and despairing state of mind. No matter what happens, they will always find a reason to feel sad and anxious. Actually, these people wrong themselves. This fact is revealed in the Qur'an as follows: When We give people a taste of mercy, they rejoice in it, but when something bad happens to them because of what they themselves have done, they immediately lose all hope. (Quran, 30:36) For this kind of person to escape the romantic state of mind, and to be cured of this disease, he must be on his guard, with full state of awareness, of the false promises of Satan and of his deceptions. And only a person's faith can make this possible. A true believer will find the weakness of romanticism unbecoming for himself. He will behave rationally, bring solutions to problems, and make himself an example to those around him.
  • 110. Unhappy, overly emotional and pessimistic people cannot appreciate the beauty and blessings of this world. Though they may be surrounded by countless examples of this beauty, they see only the negative aspect of things, and become even more depressed. However, God, in His mercy and compassion, created these blessings for the sake of human beings. A believer keeps this idea at the forefront of this mind, and is grateful to God for His blessings.
  • 111. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN Moreover, because of his superior moral manner and conversation, he is naturally content. The brightness and light shining forth from his righteous behaviour will make people joyful and happy, even in the 116 most difficult circumstances. Such behaviour will pave the way to a beautiful, peaceful and honourable life in this world, and to a life of joy and bliss in the world to come. Therefore, for the believer, whose behaviour and state of mind are pleasing to God, there can be no cause for sadness or anxiety; there can be nothing to draw him into pessimism. God reveals it in this way: God will give security those who have done their duty in their victorious Safe Haven. No evil will touch them and they will know no sorrow. (Qur'an, 39:61) Moreover, for the believer, joy, happiness, peace and security are merely earthly reflections of the conditions of life in Paradise. These pleasures begin in this world; and when those who have hoped in God finally attain Paradise, they will find that those pleasures will persist into eternity. The Qu'ran describes the bliss enjoyed by the believers in the life hereafter: So God has safeguarded them from the evil of that Day and has made them meet with radiance and pure joy. (Qur'an, 76:11) In another verse, God reveals the difference between believers and unbelievers on the Last Day: That Day some faces will be radiant, laughing, rejoicing. That Day some faces will be dust-covered, overcast with gloom. Those are the dissolute disbelievers. (Qur'an, 80:38-42) Unbelievers, in the hereafter, will come to know with the reality of the life of Hell, earned in this world by succumbing to the temptations of Satan-a life that will continue eternally, but with much greater intensity. On the other hand, the believer's happiness enjoyed in Paradise will go on uninterrupted into eternity. On the Day it comes, no self will speak except by His permission.
  • 112. Conclusion: How to Escape the Disease of Romanticism Some of them will be wretched and others glad. As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, where they will sigh and gasp, remaining in it timelessly, for ever, as long as the heavens 117 and earth endure, except as your Lord wills. Your Lord is the Doer of what He wills. As for those who are glad, they will be in the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever, as long as the heavens and earth endure, except as your Lord wills: an uninterrupted gift. (Qur'an, 11:105-108)
  • 113. Say: "Am I to desire other than God as Lord when He is the Lord of all things?" What each self earns is for itself alone. No burden- bearer can bear another's burden. Then you will return to your Lord, and He will inform you regarding the things about which you differed. (Qur'an, 6:164)
  • 114. The Misconception of Evolution arwinism, which seeks to deny the fact of creation in the D universe, is nothing but an unscientific fallacy. This theory, which argues that life originated from inanimate matter through coincidences, has been demolished with the recognition that 119 the universe was created by God. It is God Who created the universe and Who designed it down to its smallest detail. Therefore, it is impossible for the theory of evolution, which holds that living beings are not created by God, but are products of coincidences, to be true. Unsurprisingly, when we look at the theory of evolution, we see that this theory is denounced by scientific findings. The design in life is extremely complex and striking. In the inanimate world, for instance, we can explore how sensitive are the balances which atoms rest upon, and further, in the animate world, we can observe in what complex designs these atoms were brought together, and how extraordinary are the mechanisms and structures such as proteins, enzymes, and cells, which are manufactured with them. This extraordinary design in life invalidated Darwinism at the end of the 20th century. We have dealt with this subject in great detail in some of our other studies, and shall continue to do so. However, we think that, considering its importance, it will be helpful to make a short summary here as well. The Scientific Collapse of Darwinism Although a doctrine going back as far as ancient Greece, the theory of evolution was advanced extensively in the 19th century. The most important development that made the theory the top topic of the world of science was the book by Charles Darwin titled The Origin of Species published in 1859. In this book, Darwin denied that different living species on the earth were created separately by God. According to Darwin, all living beings had a common ancestor and they diversified over time through small changes. Darwin's theory was not based on any concrete scientific finding;
  • 115. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN as he also accepted, it was just an "assumption." Moreover, as Darwin confessed in the long chapter of his book 120 titled "Difficulties of the Theory," the theory was failing in the face of many critical questions. Darwin invested all his hopes in new scientific discoveries, which he expected to solve the "Difficulties of the Theory." However, contrary to his expectations, scientific findings expanded the dimensions of these difficulties. The defeat of Darwinism against Charles Darwin science can be reviewed under three basic topics: 1) The theory can by no means explain how life originated on the earth. 2) There is no scientific finding showing that the "evolutionary mechanisms" proposed by the theory have any power to evolve at all. 3) The fossil record proves completely the contrary of the suggestions of the theory of evolution. In this section, we will examine these three basic points in general outlines: The First Insurmountable Step: The Origin of Life The theory of evolution posits that all living species evolved from a single living cell that emerged on the primitive earth 3.8 billion years ago. How a single cell could generate millions of complex living species and, if such an evolution really occurred, why traces of it cannot be observed in the fossil record are some of the questions the theory cannot answer. However, first and foremost, of the first step of the alleged evolutionary process it has to be inquired: How did this "first cell" originate? Since the theory of evolution denies creation and does not accept
  • 116. The Misconception of Evolution any kind of supernatural intervention, it maintains that the "first cell" originated coincidentally within the laws of nature, without any design, plan, or arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate 121 matter must have produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. This, however, is a claim inconsistent with even the most unassailable rules of biology. "Life Comes from Life" In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The primitive understanding of science in his time rested on the assumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval times, spontaneous generation, the theory asserting that non-living materials came together to form living organisms, had been widely accepted. It was commonly believed that insects came into being from food leftovers, and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments were conducted to prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece of cloth, and it was believed that mice would originate from it after a while. Similarly, worms developing in meat was assumed to be evidence of spontaneous generation. However, only some time later was it understood that worms did not appear on meat spontaneously, but were carried there by flies in the form of larvae, invisible to the naked eye. Even in the period when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that bacteria could come into existence from non-living matter was widely accepted in the world of science. However, five years after the publication of Darwin's book, Louis Pasteur announced his results after long studies and experiments, which disproved spontaneous generation, a cornerstone of Darwin's theory. In his triumphal lecture at the Sorbonne in 1864, Pasteur said, "Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment."17 Advocates of the theory of evolution resisted the findings of Pasteur for a long time. However, as the development of science
  • 117. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN unraveled the complex structure of the cell of a living being, the idea that life could come into being coincidentally faced an even greater impasse. 122 Inconclusive Efforts in the 20th Century The first evolutionist who took up the subject of the origin of life in the 20th century was the renowned Russian biologist Alexander Oparin. With various theses he advanced in the 1930's, he tried to prove that the cell of a living being could originate by coincidence. These studies, however, were doomed to failure, and Oparin had to make the following confession: "Unfortunately, however, the problem of the origin of the cell is perhaps the most obscure point in the whole study of the evolution of organisms."18 Evolutionist followers of Oparin tried to carry out experiments to solve the problem of the origin of life. The best known of these experiments was carried out by American chemist Stanley Miller in 1953. Combining the gases he alleged to have existed in the primordial earth's atmosphere in an experiment set-up, and adding energy to the mixture, Miller synthesized several organic molecules (amino acids) present in the structure of proteins. Barely a few years had passed before it was revealed that this experiment, which was then presented as an important step in the name of evolution, was invalid, the atmosphere used in the experiment having been very different from real earth conditions.19 After a long silence, Miller confessed that the atmosphere medium he used was unrealistic.20 All the evolutionist efforts put forth throughout the 20th century to explain the origin of life ended with failure. The geochemist Jeffrey Bada from San Diego Scripps Institute accepts this fact in an article published in Earth Magazine in 1998: Today as we leave the twentieth century, we still face the biggest unsolved problem that we had when we entered the twentieth century: How did life originate on Earth?21
  • 118. The Misconception of Evolution The Complex Structure of Life The primary reason why the theory of evolution ended up in such a big impasse 123 about the origin of life is that even the living organisms deemed the simplest have incredibly complex structures. The cell of a living being is more complex than all of the technological products produced by man. Today, even in the most developed laboratories Alexander Oparin of the world, a living cell cannot be produced by bringing inorganic materials together. The conditions required for the formation of a cell are too great in quantity to be explained away by coincidences. The probability of proteins, the building blocks of cell, being synthesized coincidentally, is 1 in 10950 for an average protein made up of 500 amino acids. In mathematics, a probability smaller than 1 over 1050 is practically considered to be impossible. The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of the cell and which stores genetic information, is an incredible databank. It is calculated that if the information coded in DNA were written down, this would make a giant library consisting of 900 volumes of encyclopaedias of 500 pages each. A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: the DNA can only replicate with the help of some specialized proteins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes can only be realized by the information coded in DNA. As they both depend on each other, they have to exist at the same time for replication. This brings the scenario that life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolutionist of repute from the University of San Diego, California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of the Scientific American magazine: It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids, both of which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously in the
  • 119. The Misconception of Evolution same place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible to have one without the other. And so, at first glance, one might have to conclude that life could never, in fact, have originated 125 by chemical means.22 No doubt, if it is impossible for life to have originated from natural causes, then it has to be accepted that life was "created" in a supernatural way. This fact explicitly invalidates the theory of evolution, whose main purpose is to deny creation. Imaginary Mechanisms of Evolution The second important point that negates Darwin's theory is that both concepts put forward by the theory as "evolutionary mechanisms" were understood to have, in reality, no evolutionary power. Darwin based his evolution allegation entirely on the mechanism of "natural selection." The importance he placed on this mechanism was evident in the name of his book: The Origin of Species, By Means Of Natural Selection… Natural selection holds that those living things that are stronger and more suited to the natural conditions of their habitats will survive in the struggle for life. For example, in a deer herd under the threat of attack by wild animals, those that can run faster will survive. Therefore, the deer herd will be comprised of faster and stronger individuals. However, unquestionably, this mechanism will not cause deer to evolve and transform themselves into another living species, for instance, horses. Therefore, the mechanism of natural selection has no evolutionary power. Darwin was also aware of this fact and had to state this in his book The Origin of Species: Natural selection can do nothing until favourable individual differences or variations occur.23
  • 120. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN Lamarck's Impact So, how could these "favourable variations" occur? Darwin tried 126 to answer this question from the standpoint of the primitive understanding of science in his age. According to the French biologist Lamarck, who lived before Darwin, living creatures passed on the traits they acquired during their lifetime to the next generation and these traits, accumulating from one generation to another, caused new species to be formed. For instance, according to Lamarck, giraffes evolved from antelopes; as they struggled to eat the leaves of high trees, their necks were extended from generation to generation. Darwin also gave similar examples, and in his book The Origin of Species, for instance, said that some bears going into water to find food transformed themselves into whales over time.24 However, the laws of inheritance discovered by Mendel and verified by the science of genetics that flourished in the 20th century, utterly demolished the legend that acquired traits were passed on to subsequent generations. Thus, natural selection fell out of favour as an evolutionary mechanism. Neo-Darwinism and Mutations In order to find a solution, Darwinists advanced the "Modern Synthetic Theory," or as it is more commonly known, Neo-Darwinism, at the end of the 1930's. Neo-Darwinism added mutations, which are distortions formed in the genes of living beings because of external factors such as radiation or replication errors, as the "cause of favourable variations" in addition to natural mutation. Today, the model that stands for evolution in the world is Neo- Darwinism. The theory maintains that millions of living beings present on the earth formed as a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of these organisms such as the ears, eyes, lungs, and wings, underwent "mutations," that is, genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright scientific fact that totally undermines this theory: Mutations do not cause living beings to develop; on the contrary, they always cause harm to them.
  • 121. The Misconception of Evolution 127 Crippled babies who were born in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. This picture reveals that mutations, which evolutionists claim have an effect on the origins of living things, actually have disastrous effects on human beings. The reason for this is very simple: the DNA has a very complex structure and random effects can only cause harm to it. American geneticist B.G. Ranganathan explains this as follows: Mutations are small, random, and harmful. They rarely occur and the best possibility is that they will be ineffectual. These four characteristics of mutations imply that mutations cannot lead to an evolutionary development. A random change in a highly specialised organism is either ineffectual or harmful. A random change in a watch cannot improve the watch. It will most probably harm it or at best be ineffectual. An earthquake does not improve the city, it brings destruction.25 Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code, has been observed so far. All mutations have proved to be harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a genetic occurrence that harms living beings, and leaves them disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on human beings is cancer). No doubt, a destructive mechanism cannot be an
  • 122. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself" as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evolutionary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary 128 mechanism exists, neither could any imaginary process called evolution have taken place. The Fossil Record: No Sign of Intermediate Forms The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theory of evolution did not take place is the fossil record. According to the theory of evolution, every living species has sprung from a predecessor. A previously existing species turned into something else in time and all species have come into being in this way. According to the theory, this transformation proceeds gradually over millions of years. Had this been the case, then numerous intermediary species should have existed and lived within this long transformation period. For instance, some half-fish/half-reptiles should have lived in the past which had acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the fish traits they already had. Or there should have existed some reptile- birds, which acquired some bird traits in addition to the reptilian traits they already had. Since these would be in a transitional phase, they should be disabled, defective, crippled living beings. Evolutionists refer to these imaginary creatures, which they believe to have lived in the past, as "intermediate forms." If such animals had really existed, there should be millions and even billions of them in number and variety. More importantly, the remains of these strange creatures should be present in the fossil record. In The Origin of Species, Darwin explained: If my theory be true, numberless intermediate varieties, linking most closely all of the species of the same group together must assuredly have existed... Consequently, evidence of their former existence could be found only amongst fossil remains.26
  • 123. The Misconception of Evolution Darwin's Hopes Shattered However, although evolutionists have been making strenuous efforts to find fossils since the middle of the 19th century all over the 129 world, no transitional forms have yet been uncovered. All the fossils unearthed in excavations showed that, contrary to the expectations of evolutionists, life appeared on earth all of a sudden and fully-formed. A famous British paleontologist, Derek V. Ager, admits this fact, even though he is an evolutionist: The point emerges that if we examine the fossil record in detail, whether at the level of orders or of species, we find – over and over again – not gradual evolution, but the sudden explosion of one group at the expense of another.27 This means that in the fossil record, all living species suddenly emerge as fully formed, without any intermediate forms in between. This is just the opposite of Darwin's assumptions. Also, it is very strong evidence that living beings are created. The only explanation of a living species emerging suddenly and complete in every detail without any evolutionary ancestor can be that this species was created. This fact is admitted also by the widely known evolutionist biologist Douglas Futuyma: Creation and evolution, between them, exhaust the possible explanations for the origin of living things. Organisms either appeared on the earth fully developed or they did not. If they did not, they must have The oldest stratum of the earth in which fossils of living creatures have been found is that of the Cambrian, which has an estimated age of 500-550 million years. The living creatures found in the strata belonging this period emerged all of a sudden in the fossil record-there are no pre-existing ancestors. The trilobite is one of the creatures that appeared in the Cambrian period.
  • 124. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN developed from pre-existing species by some process of modification. If they did appear in a fully developed state, they must indeed have been created by some omnipotent 130 intelligence.28 Fossils show that living beings emerged fully developed and in a perfect state on the earth. That means that "the origin of species" is, contrary to Darwin's supposition, not evolution but creation. The Tale of Human Evolution The subject most often brought up by the advocates of the theory of evolution is the subject of the origin of man. The Darwinist claim holds that the modern men of today evolved from some kind of ape- like creatures. During this alleged evolutionary process, which is supposed to have started 4-5 million years ago, it is claimed that there existed some "transitional forms" between modern man and his ancestors. According to this completely imaginary scenario, four basic "categories" are listed: 1. Australopithecus 2. Homo habilis 3. Homo erectus 4. Homo sapiens Evolutionists call the so-called first ape-like ancestors of men "Australopithecus" which means "South African ape." These living beings are actually nothing but an old ape species that has become extinct. Extensive research done on various Australopithecus specimens by two world famous anatomists from England and the USA, namely, Lord Solly Zuckerman and Prof. Charles Oxnard, has shown that these belonged to an ordinary ape species that became extinct and bore no resemblance to humans.29 Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as "homo," that is "man." According to the evolutionist claim, the living beings in the Homo series are more developed than Australopithecus. Evolutionists devise a fanciful evolution scheme by arranging
  • 125. The Misconception of Evolution different fossils of these creatures in a particular order. This scheme is imaginary because it has never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation between these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one 131 of the most important proponents of the theory of evolution in the 20th century, contends in his book One Long Argument that "particularly historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying explanation."30 By outlining the link chain as "Australopithecus > Homo habilis > Homo erectus > Homo sapiens," evolutionists imply that each of these species is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings of paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time.31 Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the same region.32 This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim that they are ancestors of one another. A paleontologist from
  • 126. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN Harvard University, Stephen Jay Gould, explains this deadlock of the theory of evolution although he is an evolutionist himself: What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting 132 lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on earth.33 Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is sought to be upheld with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half human" creatures appearing in the media and course books, that is, frankly, by means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific ground. Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected scientists in the U.K., who carried out research on this subject for years, and particularly studied Australopithecus fossils for 15 years, finally concluded, despite being an evolutionist himself, that there is, in fact, no such family tree branching out from ape-like creatures to man. Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science." He formed a spectrum of sciences ranging from those he considered scientific to those he considered unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most "scientific"-that is, depending on concrete data-fields of science are chemistry and physics. After them come the biological sciences and then the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is the part considered to be most "unscientific," are "extra-sensory perception"-concepts such as telepathy and sixth sense-and finally "human evolution." Zuckerman explains his reasoning: We then move right off the register of objective truth into those fields of presumed biological science, like extrasensory perception or the interpretation of man's fossil history, where to the faithful [evolutionist] anything is possible - and where the ardent believer [in evolution] is sometimes able to believe several contradictory things at the same time.34
  • 129. The Misconception of Evolution measured by a precise device at that moment, it would be seen that a complete silence is prevailing there. As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been spent in 135 trying to generate and reproduce sound that is faithful to the original. The results of these efforts are sound recorders, high-fidelity systems, and systems for sensing sound. Despite all this technology and the thousands of engineers and experts who have been working on this endeavour, no sound has yet been obtained that has the same sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear. Think of the highest-quality HI-FI systems produced by the biggest company in the music industry. Even in these devices, when sound is recorded some of it is lost; or when you turn on a HI-FI you always hear a hissing sound before the music starts. However, the sounds that are the products of the technology of the human body are extremely sharp and clear. A human ear never perceives a sound accompanied by a hissing sound or with atmospherics as does HI-FI; it perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way it has been since the creation of man. So far, no visual or recording apparatus produced by man has been as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the eye and the ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned, a far greater fact lies beyond all this. To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees and Hears Within the Brain Belong? Who is it that watches an alluring world in its brain, listens to symphonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose? The stimulations coming from the eyes, ears, and nose of a human being travel to the brain as electro-chemical nervous impulses. In biology, physiology, and biochemistry books, you can find many details about how this image forms in the brain. However, you will never come across the most important fact about this subject: Who is
  • 130. ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN it that perceives these electro-chemical nervous impulses as images, sounds, odours and sensory events in the brain? There is a consciousness in the brain that perceives all this without feeling any 136 need for eye, ear, and nose. To whom does this consciousness belong? There is no doubt that this consciousness does not belong to the nerves, the fat layer and neurons comprising the brain. This is why Darwinist-materialists, who believe that everything is comprised of matter, cannot give any answer to these questions. For this consciousness is the spirit created by God. The spirit needs neither the eye to watch the images, nor the ear to hear the sounds. Furthermore, nor does it need the brain to think. Everyone who reads this explicit and scientific fact should ponder on Almighty God, should fear Him and seek refuge in Him, He Who squeezes the entire universe in a pitch-dark place of a few cubic centimeters in a three-dimensional, coloured, shadowy, and luminous form. A Materialist Faith The information we have presented so far shows us that the theory of evolution is a claim evidently at variance with scientific findings. The theory's claim on the origin of life is inconsistent with science, the evolutionary mechanisms it proposes have no evolutionary power, and fossils demonstrate that the intermediate forms required by the theory never existed. So, it certainly follows that the theory of evolution should be pushed aside as an unscientific idea. This is how many ideas such as the earth-centered universe model have been taken out of the agenda of science throughout history. However, the theory of evolution is pressingly kept on the agenda of science. Some people even try to represent criticisms directed against the theory as an "attack on science." Why? The reason is that the theory of evolution is an indispensable dogmatic belief for some circles. These circles are blindly devoted to materialist philosophy and adopt Darwinism because it is the only
  • 131. The Misconception of Evolution materialist explanation that can be put forward for the workings of nature. Interestingly enough, they also confess this fact from time to time. 137 A well known geneticist and an outspoken evolutionist, Richard C. Lewontin from Harvard University, confesses that he is "first and foremost a materialist and then a scientist": It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, so we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.35 These are explicit statements that Darwinism is a dogma kept alive just for the sake of adherence to the materialist philosophy. This dogma maintains that there is no being save matter. Therefore, it argues that inanimate, unconscious matter created life. It insists that millions of different living species; for instance, birds, fish, giraffes, tigers, insects, trees, flowers, whales and human beings originated as a result of the interactions between matter such as the pouring rain, the lightning flash, etc., out of inanimate matter. This is a precept contrary both to reason and science. Yet Darwinists continue to defend it just so as "not to allow a Divine Foot in the door." Anyone who does not look at the origin of living beings with a materialist prejudice will see this evident truth: All living beings are works of a Creator, Who is All-Powerful, All-Wise and All-Knowing. This Creator is God, Who created the whole universe from non- existence, designed it in the most perfect form, and fashioned all living beings.
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  • 134. ALSO BY HARUN YAHYA Many people think that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is a proven fact. Contrary to this conventional wisdom, recent developments in science completely disprove the theory. The only reason Darwinism is still foisted on people by means of a worldwide propaganda campaign lies in the ideological aspects of the theory. All secular ideologies and philosophies try to provide a basis for themselves by relying on the theory of evolution. This book clarifies the scientific collapse of the theory of evolution in a way that is detailed but easy to understand. It reveals the frauds and distortions committed by evolutionists to "prove" evolution. Finally it analyzes the powers and motives that strive to keep this theory alive and make people believe in it. Anyone who wants to learn about the origin of living things, including mankind, needs to read this book. The Evolution Deceit is also available in German, Italian, French, Spanish, Indonesian,Malay, Russian, Albanian and Serbo-Croat (Bosnian). Fascism and communism, which made humanity suffer dark times, are considered to be opposed ideas. However, these ideologies are fed from the same source, on the grounds of which they can attract masses to their side. This source has never drawn attention, always remaining behind the scenes. This source is the materialist philosophy and its adaptation to nature, which is DARWINISM. The acknowledgement of the scientific invalidity of this theory that serves as a basis for cruel dictators and vicious ideological trends will bring about the end of all these detrimental ideologies. This book is also available in French.
  • 135. The plan, design, and delicate balance existing in our bodies and reaching into even the remotest corners of the incredibly vast universe must surely have a superior Creator. Man is unable to see his Creator yet he can nevertheless grasp His existence, strength, and wisdom by means of his intellect. This book is a summons to think. A summons to ponder over the universe and living beings and see how they have been created flawlessly. Allah is Known Through Reason is also available in Urdu and French. The content of this book is an extremely important truth that astounded large numbers of people, and When a person examines his own body or any other caused their outlook on living thing in nature, the world or the whole universe, in life to change drastically. it he sees a great design, art, plan and intelligence. All We can sum up this this is evidence proving God's being, unit, and eternal reality like this: "All power. events, people, buildings, For Men of Understanding was written to make the cities, cars, places, which reader see and realise some of the evidence of creation are a part of our life in in nature. For Men of Understanding is also available in this world, in short, everything we see, hold, French, Indonesian, Urdu, German and Russian. touch, smell, taste and hear, are actually illusions and sensations that form in our brain." In the Qur'an, God tells people many secrets. That people do not adopt People who are unaware of the moral values of the these secrets experience Qur'an and submit to God the trouble and distress underlie the personal and caused by this throughout social depression, pain, their lives. For those who fears and lack of confidence learn these secrets of the that is widely experienced Qur'an, however, the life of today. This book explains this world is very easy, and the detriments that disbelief full of joy and excitement. gives to people and This book deals with the subjects God related to discloses the only way to people as a secret. salvation, which is submission to God.
  • 136. The unprecedented style and the superior wisdom inherent in the Qur'an is conclusive evidence confirming that it is the Word of God. Apart from this, there are a number of miracles verifying the fact that the Qur'an is the revelation of God, one of them being that, 1,400 years ago, it declared a number of scientific facts that have only been established thanks to the technological breakthroughs of the 20th century. In this book, in addition to the scientific miracles of the Qur'an, you will also find messages regarding the future. Mracles of the Qur'an is also available in Serbo-Croat (Bosnian) and Russian. Many societies that rebelled against the will of God or regarded His messengers as enemies were wiped off the face of the earth completely... . Perished Nations examines these penalties as revealed in the verses of the Quran and in light Colours, patterns, spots of archaeological even lines of each living discoveries. This book is also available in French, being existing in nature German, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese. have a meaning. An attentive eye would In this book you will find immediately recognise explanations about eternity, that not only the living timelessness and beings, but also spacelessness that you will everything in nature are never have encountered just as they should be. anywhere else and you will Furthermore, he would be confronted by the reality realise that everything is given to the service of that eternity has already man: the comforting blue colour of the sky, the begun. The real answers to colourful view of flowers, the bright green trees many questions people and meadows, the moon and stars illuminating always ponder such as the the world in pitch darkness together with true nature of death, resurrection after death, the innumerable beauties surrounding man… Allah's existence of an eternal life, and the time when all Artistry in Colour is also available in Indonesian these things will happen are to be found here… and Arabic.
  • 137. Darwin said: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." When you read this book, you will see that Darwin's theory has Man is a being to which God has granted the absolutely broken down, just as he feared it would. faculty of thinking. Yet a majority of people fail to A thorough examination of the feathers of a bird, the employ this faculty as they should… The purpose sonar system of a bat or the wing structure of a fly of this book is to summon people to think in the reveal amazingly complex designs. And these designs way they should and to guide them in their efforts indicate that they are created flawlessly by God. to think. This book is also available in Indonesian. People who are oppressed, who are tortured to death, innocent babies, those who cannot afford even a loaf of bread, who must sleep in tents or even in streets in cold weather, those who are massacred just because they belong to a certain tribe, women, children, and old people who are expelled from their homes because of their religion… Eventually, there is only one solution to the injustice, chaos, terror, massacres, hunger, poverty, and oppression: Today, science has proven that the universe was the morals of the Qur'an. created from nothing with a Big Bang. Moreover, all physical balances of the universe are How was matter and time designed to support human life. Everything from created from nothingness? the nuclear reactions in stars to the chemical What does the Big Bang properties of a carbon atom or a water molecule, theory signify about the is created in a glorious harmony. This is the creation of the universe? exalted and flawless creation of God, the Lord of What is the parallelism All the Worlds. The Creation of the Universe is between Einstein's Theory of also available in French. Relativity and the Qur'anic verses? All of these questions are Never plead ignorance answered in this book. If you of God's evident want to learn the truths about space, matter, time and existence, that fate, read this book. everything was created by God, that everything In the Qur'an, conscience you own was given to has a meaning and you by God for your importance beyond its subsistence, that you common and everyday use. will not stay so long in This book introduces the real this world, of the reality concept of conscience that is of death, that the Qur'an related in the Qur'an and is the Book of truth, that you will give account for draws our attention to the your deeds, of the voice of your conscience that kind of understanding, always invites you to righteousness, of the thought, and wisdom that a existence of the hereafter and the day of account, truly conscientious person that hell is the eternal home of severe has. This book will make you recognise the voice of punishment, and of the reality of fate. your conscience and accordingly help you to differentiate it from other sources of inspiration.
  • 138. The world is a temporary While watching television or place specially created by reading the paper, you see many God to test man. That is items which you do would not like why, it is inherently flawed to see or hear: destitute people, and far from satisfying murders, quarrels, ill-treatment, man's endless needs and and much more… Certainly, you, desires. Each and every too, would like to live in a peaceful attraction existing in the and secure society where people world eventually wears out, live in harmony and friendship. becomes corrupt, decays This book is a summons to those and finally disappears. This who want goodness to prevail: it is the never-changing reality of life. calls on them to do goodness and to form an alliance with This book explains this most important essence of other good people like themselves. life and leads man to ponder the real place to which he belongs, namely the Hereafter. The way to examine the universe and all the beings therein and to This book deals with how discover God's art of creation the theory of evolution is and announce it to humanity is invalidated by scientific "science." Therefore, religion findings and experiments adopts science as a way to in a concise and simple reach the details of God's language. creation and therefore encourages science. Just as religion encourages scientific research, so does scientific research that is guided by the facts communicated by religion yield very rapid and definite results. Moses is the prophet whose life is most narrated in the Fascism is an ideology that has Qur'an. The Qur'an provides a brought great disasters to very detailed account of his humanity. Not only has it caused struggle with Pharaoh, the millions of people to be killed unfavourable conduct of his and tortured simply because of people and the way the their race, but it has also Prophet Moses summoned attempted to abolish all human them to the way of God. This values. The main purpose of the book provides a thorough book is to present various examination into the life of the fascist tendencies which appear Prophet Moses in the light of the Qur'anic verses. under different methods and guises, and expose their real origins and objectives. The This book maintains that the book also attempts to tear down the mask of fascism, and source of the scourge of reveal that fascism is definitely an anti-religionist system. terrorism does not come from a divine religion, and that there is The Qur'an has been sent down no room for terrorism in Islam. as a book easily understandable It is revealed, in the light of the to everyone. Everyone who verses of the Koran and with believes in God and follows his examples from history, that conscience can take counsel Islam forbids terrorism and from the verses of the Qur'an aims to bring peace and and obey the commands in the security to the world. verses. However, those who follow their lower self fail to measure God with His true scale, A study that examines entertain doubts about the and seeks to remind us of hereafter, interpret the verses of the Qur'an wrongly in the basic moral principles their own crooked reasoning. In this book, the reasons of the Qur'an, particularly why those who do not use their intellect misinterpret the those that are most likely Qur'an are examined and some examples of the unwise to be forgotten or interpretations and objections they make concerning the neglected at times. verses are reviewed and answered.
  • 139. Just as a tiny key opens a These huge door, this book will millimeter- open new horizons for its sized readers. And the reality animals behind that door is the that we most important reality that frequently one can come across in come one's lifetime. Relating the across but amazing and admirable don't care features of spiders known much by few people and asking about have the questions of "how" and "why" in the process, an excellent ability for organization and specialization that this book reveals the excellence and perfection is not to be matched by any other being on earth. These inherent in God's creation. aspects of ants create in one a great admiration for God's superior power and unmatched creation. Scientific progress makes it clear that living beings We fall sick many times have an extremely throughout our lives. When the complex structure and an events of "sickness" and order that is too perfect to "recovering" take place, our have come into being by bodies become a battleground accident. Recently, for in which a bitter struggle is example, the perfect taking place. Microbes invisible structure in the human to our eyes intrude into our body gene became a top issue and begin to increase rapidly. as a result of hte completion of the Human The body however has a Genome Project. In this book, the unique creation mechanism that combats them. of God is once again disclosed for all to see. Known as the "immune system," this mechanism is the most disciplined, most complex and successful army of The purpose of this book is the world. This system proves that the human body is to display the miraculous the outcome of a unique design that has been planned features of plants and with a great wisdom and skill. In other words, the hence to make people see human body is the evidence of a flawless creation, "the creation miracle" in which is the peerless creation of God. things they often encounter in the flow of their daily In the Qur'an, there is an lives and sidestep. explicit reference to the Reading and understanding "second coming of the Jesus this book will be an to the world" which is heralded important step in coming to in a hadith. The realisation of an understanding of one's some information revealed in Creator. the Qur'an about Jesus can Darwin's theory of evolution only be possible by Jesus' maintained that all living second coming… beings emerged as a result of chance coincidence and thus denied Creation. Yet the evidence that was In a body that is made up of forthcoming proved to ´´be atoms, you breathe in air, eat otherwise. Scientific food, and drink liquids that are developments did not all composed of atoms. favour the evolutionist Everything you see is nothing standpoint and simply but the result of the collision of opposed it. Different branches of science like electrons of atoms with biochemistry, genetics, and palaeontology have photons. demonstrated that the claims that life originated as In this book, the implausibility a result of "coincidences" is foolish. This is a book of the spontaneous formation you will read with pleasure and as it makes explicitly of an atom, the building-block clear why the theory of evolution is the greatest of everything, living or non-living, is related and the aberration in the history of science. flawless nature of God's creation is demonstrated.
  • 140. The purpose of this book is to warn people against the day on which they will say "If only we did not rebel against God. If only we listened to the messengers…" and One of the principal deceptions that impels people therefore feel deep regret. This is a summons to live for into delinquency and makes them pursue their own the cause of God when there is still time. This book is also desires is their heedlessness of death. Both human available in French. beings and the universe they live in are mortal. What awaits the disbelievers in the next world is There are questions about religion more dreadful: the eternal wrath of hell. This book, that people seek answers to and based on the verses of the Qur'an, makes a hope to be enlightened in the best detailed depiction of the moment of death, the day way. However in most cases, of judgement, and the penalties in hell, and it people base their opinions on sounds a warning about the great danger facing us. hearsay rather than acquiring them Death Resurrection Hell is also available in Polish. from the real source of religion: the Qur'an. In these booklets, you will find the most accurate answers to all the questions you seek answers for and learn your responsibilities towards your Creator. The most serious mistake a man makes is not pondering. It The Qur'an has been revealed to us so that we is not may read and ponder. Basic concepts in the Qur'an possible to is a useful resource prepared as a guide to find the truth thinking. Some basic Islamic concepts like the soul, unless one conscience, wisdom, loyalty, submission to God, thinks about brotherhood, modesty, prayer, patience, ascribing basic questions such as "How and why am I here?," "Who partners to God are discussed in the light of created me?," or "Where am I going?." Failing to do so, one Qur'anic verses. The Basic Concepts of the Qur'an becomes trapped in the vicious circle of daily life and turns is also available in Portuguese. into a selfish creature caring only for himself. Ever Thought About the Truth? summons people to think on such basic "Everything that constitutes questions and to discover the real meaning of life. This our life is a totality of book is also available in French. perceptions received by our soul. All things that God, in the Qur'an, calls the make our world and our culture of people who are not lives meaningful are like a subject to the religion of God dream; we perceive them "ignorance." Only a comparison of only as images in our this culture with the honourable brain, and have nothing to thoughts and moral structure of do with their originals…" In the Qur'an can reveal its primitive the book, which consists of and corrupted nature. The a conversation between four people, the purpose of this book is to take this prejudices that prevent people from understanding comparison further, displaying the this great truth are removed, and the extent of the "crude misconceptions they have are explained. understanding" of ignorant societies.
  • 141. One of the principal Driven by pride and arrogance, deceptions that impel man forgets that he is solely a people into delinquency is servant of God. The first the fact that they representative of arrogance is constantly forget the basic Satan, who rebelled against God. facts of life. This book Throughout history, people who summons man to out of their pride worshipped remember facts that his themselves, have been mimicking soul prompts him to forget. the arrogance of Satan. What one has to do to know Children! Islam is to study the Qur'an, Have you ever asked yourself which comprises the origin questions like these: How did our and basis of Islam. Based earth come into existence? How on the information conveyed did the moon and sun come into in the Qur'an, this book being? How did oceans, trees, gives an account of God's animals appear on earth? Who attributes, our purpose in was the first human being? In this this world, what we have to book you will find the true do to fulfil this purpose. answers to these questions. These books, prepared for kids, are about the miraculous characteristics of the living things on the Earth. Full colour and written in a concise style, these books give your children the opportunity to get to know God and His perfect artistry in creation. The first books of these series are The World of Our Little Friends The Ants and Honeybees That Build Perfect Combs. These books are also translated into French, Russian and Serbo-Croat (Bosnian). When you read this book you, As you read this book, you will along with Yusuf, will learn a see that our universe and all the great deal about beavers. You living things therein are created will learn that Yusuf's new friends in the most perfect way by our build intricate constructions with Creator, God. You will learn that innate skills. And finally, you will God created everything in the learn that it is God, the Creator universe so that we may live in of all of us, Who endowed them it in the most peaceful and with these skills. happy way. Dear kids, while reading this book you will see how God has created all the creatures in the most beautiful way and how every one of them show us His endless beauty, power and knowledge. This book is also published in French.
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  • 144. INTERACTIVE CDS With this CD, you will also The interactive CD, The Evolution possess a giant archive Deceit, is a giant archive comprising the full texts of all comprising 22 books written by of Harun Yahya's works, a Harun Yahya, 5 documentary films 65-minute documentary film based on the works of the author, on how scientific discoveries 16 audio presentations, 75 confirm the miracle of the coloured posters, and many Qur'an, and 10 audio articles. Audio presentations are representations lasting a produced in the form of tape- total of 6 hours. cassettes. DOCUMENTARY FILMS This film is about This film is about the the clear signs ideologies fostered by that demonstrate Darwinism and the God's existence pain these ideologies and perfect caused mankind. In power of this film, you will see creation. that Darwinism is not a scientific theory but a dogma defended for the sake of political and philosophical concerns. This This film examines the documentary extraordinary describes how a technology in the cell, human being is similar to that in a created, and space ship. The miracle which stages he of creation observable goes through to in every cell, from that come into making up the eye to existence. the one making up the This film is liver, is investigated with about you. impressive computer animations. In this film, you You can watch will watch these everything you amazing want to know architects in about the creation nature feeling of the universe wonder at the since the Big characteristics Bang in this God has inspired documentary with in these spectacular shots. creatures.
  • 145. Are you aware of In this film, some the magnificent very important world lying under facts that will the sea? This film entirely change opens the door to your outlook on the the undersea material world are world, making related. you admire the artistry in God's creation. As you watch the This film will take you to wonderful a journey from Australia creatures in this to the deep recesses of film, you will also the oceans, form think about how scorching deserts to the they were created. mysterious Amazon Thus you will once jungles. The creatures more see the signs you will see will show of God's you how God's power spectacular artistry and grandeur in creation of creation. is manifested in every part of the earth. In this film, you Ants accomplish will see these extraordinary tasks, which amazing features even human beings would in animals, and have difficulty in doing. see the signs The "wisdom" displayed by displayed in these tiny creatures nature for man, proves that they are and God's artistry created and assigned to in creation as carry out their specific manifested in tasks by the Creator, Who these animals. rules over all of nature. This film deals with the most basic claims of the theory of evolution on the one hand, and on the other hand reveals the clear signs of creation. It is also available in German, Russian and Arabic.
  • 146. How does modern astronomy prove the fact of creation in the universe? How does the Big Bang Theory invalidate materialist philosophy? How did the seamless universe we live in come into being? What is the source of the spectacular order and balance in the universe? You will find the answers in this film. This film has also been produced in German. The Qur'an has many miraculous aspects which prove that it was sent by God. One of them is that some scientific facts, which we have only been able to discover with the technology of the 20th century, were stated in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago. These facts, which could not have been known at the time of the Qur'an's revelation, once again show to the people of today that the Qur'an is the word of God. Watch this film to learn about these facts. Miracles of the Qur'an is also available in Russian and Arabic. In this film, you will watch many miraculous features of birds such as their soaring techniques, the aerodynamic structure of their bodies, the secrets in their migration and orientation, and their flight techniques. You will once more see that the power of Our Lord encompasses everything. THE FACT OF CREATION AUDIO CASSETTE SERIES The titles in this series include The Theory of Evolution The Fact of Creation, The Creation of the Universe/The Balances in the Earth, The Miracle in the Cell/The Miracle of Birth, The Miracle in the Eye/The Miracle in the Ear, The Design in Animals/The Design in Plants, The Miracle in the Honeybee/The Miracle in the Ant, The Miracle in the Mosquito/The Miracle in the Spider, Self-Sacrifice in Living Things/Migration and Orientation, The Miracle of Creation in DNA, Miracles of the Qur'an. The audio cassettes The Collapse of Evolution Perished Nations The Fact of Creation audio and The Dark Face cassette is also available in of Darwin were Russian. inspired by the works of Harun Yahya