Page 66 - Timelessness and the Reality of Fate

64 TIMELESSNESS AND THE REALITY OF FATE

ing him at every moment, and is aware that he will render an account of his
every action in the hereafter, will naturally live a morally virtuous life. He
will be very careful about what Allah has commanded and what He has for-
bidden. Everyone in society will be filled with love and respect for one
another, and everyone will compete with one another in the performance of
good and noble deeds. People will change the values according to which
they judge others. Material things will lose their value and therefore, people
will be judged not according to their standing and position in society but
according to their moral character and their piety. No one will pursue those
things whose source is illusion; everyone will seek after truth. Everyone will
act without worrying about what others will think; the only question in
their minds will be whether or not Allah will be pleased with what they do.
In the place of the feelings of pride, arrogance and self-satisfaction that come
from possessions, property, standing and position, there will be a sense of
the understanding of humility and dependence. Therefore, people will will-
ingly live according to those examples of good moral qualities spoken of in
the Qur'an. Eventually, these changes will put an end to many problems of
today's societies.
In place of angry, aggressive people, anxious even about small profit,
there will be those who know that everything they see is an image shown by
Allah. They will be well aware that reactions of anger and loud shouting
make them look foolish. Well-being and trust will prevail in individuals and
societies and everyone will be pleased with his life and possessions. These,
then, are some of the blessings that this hidden reality will bring to individ-
uals and societies. Knowing, considering and living according to this reality
will bring many more goodnesses to human beings. Those who wish to
attain these goodnesses should consider this reality well and endeavor to
understand it. In one verse, Allah says,

Clear insights have come to you from your Lord. Whoever sees clearly,
does so to his own benefit. Whoever is blind, it is to his own detriment...
(Surat al-An'am: 104)

Logical Deficiencies of the Materialists
From the beginning of this chapter, we have seen through scientific evi-
dence that matter is not an absolute entity as the materialists claim, and that
we never have direct experience of the original of the matter that exists out-