Page 29 - The Pains of the False World

ARE YOU AWARE
YOU ARE LIVING IN A FALSE WORLD?

removed from the moral values of the Qur'an, peoples' passi-
ons are praised and honored. The more people are attached to
the life of this world and the more efforts they make to attain
its benefits, the more they are esteemed by others who share
the same twisted mindset. Yet this is a grave error. Of course,
a person must strive to have a pleasant life and must always
seek to do his or her best. Yet that determination and will
must be directed at the kind of life approved of by Allah. Ot-

herwise it would be a terrible mistake, in forgetting our Lord,
Who gives them all they possess, for people to be caught up
in worldly desires and to live a life far removed from the mo-
ral values of the Qur'an.
Attention is drawn to unbelievers' passionate attachment
to the things of this world in the verse, "And you have an in -
satiable love of wealth" (Surat al-Fajr, 20). In another verse,
"The enjoyment of this world is very brief. The Hereafter is
better for those who guard against evil" (Surat an-Nisa', 77),
Allah reminds us that the blessings people are so passiona-
tely fond of are the enjoyment of the life of this world. The
word "enjoyment" in this context means worthless things, ul-
timately condemned to vanish. The blessings of this world
which people so greedily desire are false and worthless com-

pared to those of the Hereafter.

THOSE DECEIVED BY THE FALSE WORLD
ARE ALWAYS TROUBLED
Every event people experience throughout their lives,
every word they speak, every image they see: they are all cre-

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