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subject of the necessities of life. You may not live long enough to
need them. Therefore the time you spend on that will be wasted,
and your endeavors will be in vain. That means that all a per -
son's endeavors for a second day, a second hour, a second breath,
will all prove empty, because there is no guarantee of attaining
them. (Imam Ghazali, Minhajul Abidin, p. 118)
Death may come at any moment. Before that happens,
every human being has an opportunity to see the truth and to
abide by it. As revealed by Allah in the verse "He Who res-

ponds to the oppressed when they call on Him and removes
their distress, and has appointed you as inheritors of the
Earth. Is there another deity besides Allah? How little you
pay heed!" (Surat an- Naml, 62), our Lord is He Who meets
all peoples' needs and answers their prayers with His infinite
mercy.
What someone who wishes to attain the Hereafter needs
to do is to become one of those who make serious endeavors
and who are revealed in the Qur'an to receive a beautiful re-
ward:
But as for anyone who desires the Hereafter, and strives
for it with the striving it deserves, being a believer, the
striving of such people will be gratefully acknowled-
ged. (Surat al-Isra', 19)

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