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THE PAINS OF THE FALSE WORLD

this. More o v e r, earthly passions are never satisfied for long;
an activity embarked on with enormous enthusiasm soon be-
comes wearisome. These are all just some of the imperfecti-
ons specially created by Allah in this world.
However, let us also note that although the spiritual diffi-
culties in the life of this world turn into great suffering for
those without faith, believers live far distant from them. Hu-
man beings are created with a great many negative feature s

in their desires; yet faith and a fear of Allah will shelter them
f rom these evils and the weaknesses of their own passions,
their own worldliness. Binding oneself to Allah with sincere
faith and submission prevents a person from suffering such
spiritual troubles as fatigue, despair and sorrow. On the other
hand, the above-mentioned spiritual difficulties result in hor-
rible crises for non-believers.
With all these flaws and imperfections He has cre a t e d ,
Allah reveals to us the false face of this world which He has
created solely to test us in our faith. The individual thus longs
for a life in which there is no imperfection, in which everyt-
hing is flawless and complete—for Paradise. In Paradise, pe-
ople will live forever with no troubles of any kind, never be-
coming weary and never become bored of that which they are

given by Allah. As He reveals in the Qur'an:
They will say, "Praise be to Allah Who has removed all
sadness from us. Truly our Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Ever -
Thankful: He Who has lodged us, out of His favor, in
the Abode of Permanence where no weariness or fatigue
affects us." (Surat al-Fatir, 34-35)

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