Islam - Quotes - Harun Yahya

In the subconscious of some people, there is a flawed logic which states that one should endure pain for religion, that people should not laugh, should not have fun and that otherwise it would not be possible to go to Heaven. According to this mentality, the flawed mindset claiming that ‘religion should be inextricably difficult for people to advance well in religion,’ prevails among them. In fact, Islam always brings the freedom of Heaven. All true religions, including the religion the Prophet Abraham brought, the one the Prophet Solomon brought and the religion our Prophet (saas) brought bring the spirit, the beauty, the freedom, the quality and the joy of Heaven. The hypocritical systems on the other hand bring the dilemma of hell, the fruitlessness and the torment of hell. With the Qur’an, Our Prophet (saas) brought utmost freedom and preached this to people. God deemed the freedoms people want in their hearts lawful with the Qur’an. He removed all the pressures on people. Commands bringing freedoms came one after the other with the Qur’an. God removed the heavy chains on people. As the freedoms enjoyed by the believers increased, the hypocrites got jealous and imagined that they had thus attained an advantage in front of the public. They tried to influence people by saying ‘we are more conservative, they are (the prophets and the companions) are living by religion easier and are changing our religion.” All the hypocrites talk about is their criticisms about how the Prophet lived religion. They state that they do not trust the Prophet in every speech they make. They regard every command about the freedoms God revealed to our Prophet with suspicion. Those hypocrites with that treacherous and ignoble mentality became stronger after our Prophet (saas) passed away and created the foundation of the Orthodox Islamic understanding. They added their own horrifying interpretations that humiliate women and claim that women are satanic and should be beaten as if they were in Islam. Muslims that came afterwards claimed that false, fabricated interpretations unknowingly as if they were the commands of God. We will insha’Allah correct this error that reached today from those days by preaching the true Islam as explained in the Qur’an.

Even the fiercest opponents have subconsciously accepted the real Islam that brings rationality, love, kindness, beauty and quality to the forefront, as explained in the Qur’an. Everyone is aware of the fact that there is no other livable model other than the real Islam the we are preaching.

Hypocrites are one of the greatest dangers facing the Islamic countries. Hypocrites present themselves as honest, rational people who live by Islam. But it is not Islam that they live by, theirs is a religion they have come up with in their minds. 99 % of the Qur’an doesn’t exist in the religion of the hypocrites.

Religion would not destroy one's life. Religion gives joy to life. When people are religious they become lively, joyous and full of life. Since the traditionalist understanding of Islam preaches the opposite of this, people regard being religious as being introverted and as forfeiting life. When that is the case, they wait to get older to start practicing religion. They think; ‘When I get older I will not enjoy life anyway, so I won’t be losing anything while practicing religion.” Actually religion is practiced both while young and while old. Delaying the practice of religion to one’s old age is a delusion caused by the traditionalist understanding of Islam.

Religion brings freedom to people. Some people got into a panic when they saw that religion brings freedom. Actually, religion is the system that brings the highest level of freedom to this world.

The great majority of the religious conservatives do not even think of preaching religion to women who wear décolleté. It is not right to discard such a great mass. It is the responsibility of Muslims to communicate the message of God to such people as well. We are practically the only community who is able to reach that segment of the society. We have been instrumental for that segment of the society to love religion, to agree with Islam and to see the fact that religion is easy to live by.

Claiming that it is not possible to have fun and entertainment in an environment in which the Qur’an and religion is discussed would mean taking Islam out of a wide expanse of life. The Qur’an is everywhere in Anatolia, they are dancing halay and have their weddings in houses where there are copies of the Qur’an. Women and men of Black Sea play horon together. They have the Qur’an with them as well. In the Southeast of Turkey, women dance halay together with men. They too have the Qur’an. God’s name is mentioned and verses are read, the Prophets are talked about in djemevi in which women and men whirl together. Do they think all those should be banned as well? Since such a thing would not be acceptable, it is important to create an environment in which people will be able live according to their thoughts and their faiths comfortably.

Bigotry is the plot of the satan; it is the religion of satan. Islam is the religion in the Qur’an. Islam is a pure and immaculately radiant religion. Bigotry is like mixing milk with poison. Islam is the religion of good manners, joy, high quality, vivacity, happiness, love and peace.

Satan wants to complicate religion. In fact God deemed religion easy. In the Qur’an, God says : “God desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you.” (Surat al-Baqara, 185) “We will ease you to the Easy Way.” (Surat al-A’la, 8) “He (God) has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion — the religion of your forefather Ibrahim.” (Surat al-Hajj, 78)

Some circles misrepresented Islam as if it were introverted, joyless and far removed from freedoms. It is not possible to live by the religion they portray. Many people who appear to be conservative do not even perform their prayers. Because they have presented prayers as if it were an intricate, complex form of worship that is impossible to perform. The religion God described in the Qur’an is easy.

We see that most people who criticize us have subconsciously come to accept the true Islam based on the Qur’an as we are practicing. God is making the real Islam prevail throughout the world.

Most people have been raised with a bigoted understanding of Islam based on superstitions rather than the real Islam based on the Qur’an. This is why they are surprised when they see Islam based on the Qur’an providing vast freedoms and a lifestyle with art, beauty and joy.

Preaching Islam is a religious obligation for every Muslim. Muslims are obligated to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong.

They are forcing youngsters to choose between two fires; between Darwinism and the traditionalist orthodox Islam. When that is the case, the people lean towards atheism. If Islam is preached with science and arts, everyone would lovingly embrace Islam. Our intellectual efforts have rendered atheism weak to a large extent. Youngsters are rational, realist and are not closed to sincere discourse.

There are two options before the world: First is the false religion of superstition that considers women as half-beings and that declares art and music as unlawful. The second option is the true Islam based on the enlightened way of the Qur’an that supports freedoms, joy, happiness, woman’s rights and social justice.

After our Prophet (saas) has passed, Islam strayed from its true form and became a religion of shirk (idolatry). As a result, the dajjal took away art, quality, joy and life away from Muslims.

The young have a good understanding of Islam. They're concerned about important subjects like salvation of the nation and protecting the poor.

The system of social justice in Islam would bring richness to the world.

Bigots preach a religion that is impossible to live by as if it is Islam, but they don’t practice it as they preach either. In fact, Islam in the Qur’an is very easy to live by.

Islam is best preached through art and civilization.

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