Page 70 - The Pains of the False World

THE PAINS OF THE FALSE WORLD

Believers, on the other hand, will experience in this world
the happiness of hoping for Paradise, joy in the Afterlife and
the "true" and "complete" versions of such emotions as joy
and happiness. That being the case, a person needs to ask him
or herself this: "If everything I experience in this world is fal-
se and I can only encounter the originals of them in the Here-
after, why should I make do with what is transitory and de-
ceptive and lose, because of them, their eternal and original

counterparts? Why should I not strive to attain beauties
which will never fade and which will exist for ever?"
If a person asks him or herself that question with all due
sincerity and answers it with the same sincerity, then he or
she will strive for the truth and live a happy life in this world
and also in the next. The answer to these questions that every
rational person will give is, of course, "My most important
aim in this world is to abide by the approval of Allah and to
strive for my true life, which will last for all eternity in the
H e re a f t e r." Another question which every person capable of
seeing this must ask him or herself with the same logic is that
a d d ressed by the person to his people, as revealed in the
Qur'an:

"Why indeed should I not worship Him Who brought
me into being, Him to Whom you will be returned?"
(Surah Ya Sin, 22)
Human beings will eventually be directed to Allah and
will encounter the original counterparts of all worldly things
in the Hereafter. For that reason, they must sincerely consider

68