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Man
has directed all his efforts towards mundane objects. He is possessed
by thoughts of goods, clothes, shelter, fame, wealth and happiness.
His attention is fixed on the attainment of these worldly goals. He
expends all his energy in striving after them. If his efforts are
successful he is pleased. If not, he becomes so discontented that his
life is ruined.
Death comes to show man that he is not
destined to be happy in this world. Even if one obtains all these
things in this world, one can only possess them for a very short
time. When, after decades of unremitting struggle, man is at the peak
of his powers, death comes and puts paid to his career.
This
shows that this world is not meant for the fulfillment of one’s
hopes and ambitions. The place for their fulfillment is the eternal
world in which we are going to dwell after death. People, busy
preparing for their worldly future, have neglected their eternal
future. They overlook, in the next, more complete life, the very goal
which they have set their eyes on this ephemeral world.
Thus
man is busy losing exactly what he sets out to gain. What
extraordinary disillusionment is in store for him?
Allah knows
best.
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