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What is the ruling on someone who believed a false atheistic theory and acted upon it until he died – will Allah admit him to Hellfire or test him? And are natural phenomena, such as a child being born with his father's name stamped on his cheek, considered a miracle despite the handwriting not being beautiful? And why doesn't a deceased disbeliever appear in a dream to inform his relatives of what he is experiencing?

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Atheism in our era is a denial of the Creator's existence. One of its most famous theories is Darwin's theory, which has been shown to be false and contradictory to religion. Whoever believes in it has no share in Islam and is considered an apostate. Whoever dies an atheist is forbidden from Paradise. As for the appearance of words or letters on a newborn's body, it is one of God's signs indicating the truth. Allah says: (We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth). These signs do not affect everyone. Some people know the truth but do not accept it out of arrogance, envy, or desire, as Allah says: (And they rejected them, while their souls were convinced of them, out of injustice and haughtiness).

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