crease his longing for the Garden and his efforts to attain it.
A believer who lives according to the teachings of the Qur'an
will not be jealous or angry when he sees someone who is richer or
more attractive than him. For instance, unlike many people he will
not regret that he does not have a beautiful house because one of
the basic aims in a believer's life is to attain not transient but eter-
nal beauty; his real homeland is the Garden. Allah draws our at-
tention to this in the Qur'an:
Their Lord gives them the good news of His mercy and good
pleasure and Gardens where they will enjoy everlasting de-
light. (Surat at-Tawba: 21)
Those who avoid the teachings of the Qur'an ignore the fact
that their real homeland is the Garden and so they are passionately
attached to the ephemeral pleasures of this world. Their basic goals
are: to be well spoken of, to be respectable and important in their
own right, to increase their material means and to live a good life.
Harun Yahya
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