Page 35 - The Pains of the False World

ARE YOU AWARE
YOU ARE LIVING IN A FALSE WORLD?

the Fire. What they achieved here will come to nothing.
What they did will prove to be null and void. (Surah
Hud, 16)
T h e re can be no doubt that nobody will wish their lifeti-
me's endeavors come to nothing. The solution therefore is to
strive not for a transitory world but for the true, eternal life of

the Here a f t e r. If a person aims at attaining the approval of
Allah in all that he or she does and expends all his or her en-
deavors in order to live by the moral values ordained by our
L o rd, then he or she may hope for full recompense for even
the slightest good deed. In one verse Allah reveals the advice
given by Prophet Luqman (as) to his son:
[Luqman said:] "My son, even if something weighs as
little as a mustard-seed and is inside a rock or anywhere
else in the heavens or Earth, Allah will bring it out.
Allah is All-Pervading, All-Aware." (Surah Luqman, 16)

In another verse He reveals that He will increase from His
favor to the right actions performed by believers:
As for those who believe and do right actions, He will
pay them their wages in full and will give them increase
from His favor. As for those who show disdain and
grow arrogant, He will punish them with a painful pu -
nishment. They will not find any protector or helper for
themselves besides Allah. (Surat an-Nisa', 173)
What a person on the wrong path therefore needs to do is
to repent before it is too late and to turn to our Lord:
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah

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