Page 21 - The Pains of the False World

ARE YOU AWARE
YOU ARE LIVING IN A FALSE WORLD?

Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let false hope
divert them. They will soon know. (Surat al-Hijr, 3)
People should pay attention to these reminders in order to
stay clear of such a fate in the Hereafter.

THE BEAUTIES OF THIS WORLD ARE
IMPERFECT AND FLAWED

This world is dream-like. In the same way that the taste
and feeling of satisfaction imparted by the apple one eats in a
d ream are nothing compared to those of the apple one eats

when one is awake, so the pleasure one receives from this
world's actions is a poor man's version of its equivalent in the
H e re a f t e r. In the Qur'an, Allah warns people against the de-
ceptive nature of the life of this world:
... Allah's promise is true. So do not let the life of this
world delude you and do not let the Deluder delude you
concerning Allah. (Surah Luqman, 33)
Allah created man from clay and breathed His own soul
into him; in other words, He created man from "nothing."
Allah knows all of the characteristics of human beings and
He is fully aware of their earthly desires. He knows of their
weaknesses, wishes, the things they enjoy or need, their do-
ubts and fears, in short everything, better than they do them-

selves. Allah reveals how close He is to us in another verse:
We created man and We know what his own self whis -
pers to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
(Surah Qaf, 16)

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