Page 41 - The Pains of the False World

ARE YOU AWARE
YOU ARE LIVING IN A FALSE WORLD?

ask themselves, "What will people say if I do this, what will
they think about me, what advantage can I attain from this
behavior?" This is an indication that they are considering the-
ir own, their spouses', and their friends' wishes and desire s ,
not the approval of Allah. Under such circumstances, virtues
such as love, sincerity, goodness, friendship, compassion and
patience cannot be permanent, and one sees only false versi-
ons of these, not the originals. All there is are temporary fe-

elings that the society of the ignorant built on their false valu-
es, turning solely in the direction of the life of this world.

Love

Allah installs the emotion love in the human heart as He
does many other feelings. What a human being needs to do is
to direct this emotion in the best possible way: in the light of
the recommendations given by Allah in the Qur'an. Since be-
lievers take the Qur'an as their guide, they direct their love to-
w a rds our Lord, the Creator of themselves and all the bles-
sings they enjoy, and towards believers who seek to gain His
approval.
However, those who are c aught up in the shenanigans of
the life of this world are passionately devoted to the wro n g
things. For instance, they love "people as they should love
Allah." Allah reveals this distorted love of unbelievers thus in
the Qur'an:

Some people set up equals to Allah, loving them as they
should love Allah. But those who believe have greater
love for Allah. If only you could see those who do

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