Documents of the Right Word

eligion,” advises us to become well-informed.
It is correct to say that religion is the belief in fate and
contentment. But fate, contrary to what this poor ignoramus
thinks, does not mean not to work or not to aspire. Qadar means
that Allâhu ta’âlâ knows beforehand what people will do. Allâhu
ta’âlâ commands men to work. He praises those who work. He
declares in the ninety-fourth âyat of the Sûrat an-Nisâ: “Those
who perform jihâd, work and struggle are higher and more
valuable than those who sit and worship instead of performing
jihâd.” Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allâhu
ta’âlâ likes those who earn a living by working.” As it is
understood well from historical studies and from the chapter
titled Earning and Trade in the Turkish version of Endless Bliss,
Islam is the religion of work and development. Rasûlullah (sall-
Allâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam) commanded progress and improvement
each day, by saying, “He who has remained in the same grade on
two [successive] days or has not made progress has deceived
himself.” He also declared, “Do not postpone your work until
tomorrow, or else you will perish!” and “Learn foreign
languages. Thus you will be safe against the malices of the
enemy!”
It is very unfair and base to say that thinking of the blessings
of the next world prevents working. The hadîths, “He who earns
by working will be shining like the full moon on the Day of
Resurrection”; “Scholars’ sleep is worship”; “Earn what is halâl
and spend it for useful purposes”; “The sins of the person who
lends money to his brother-in-Islam will be forgiven”, and
“There exists a way which leads to everything. The way leading
to Paradise is knowledge,” command us to earn by working and
states that those who earn a living by legitimate methods and
spend their earnings on useful things in the world will earn the
next world. “Religion prevents people from revolting. Therefore,
it is opium,” he says. This nonsense of the author very well
explains his lack of understanding concerning religion and
civilization. It is obvious that these words are not expressions of
knowledge or research. They are nothing but a form of
exploitation which is intended to flatter communist leaders in
order to obtain a post by means of blind enmity against religion.
Those who give their faith away in order to obtain what is
worldly are called “impostors of religion.” They have always
been wrong and drifted into calamity. Their chiefs, with whom
they have tried to ingratiate themselves, have fallen from their
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