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THE UNHAPPINESS OF THE SOCIETY

OF THE IGNORANT

The Life of This World Deceives Them
To provide a basis for their lack of faith, unbelievers use errant
logic, saying, "Only this world exists—there is no Hereafter." In the
light of this idea of theirs, they think they can do as they like in this
world. However, Allah has told us that He will subject everybody to
an inquiry into what they have done during their lives in this world
on the Day of Judgment:
They say, "There is nothing but this life and we will not be
raised again." If only you could see when they are standing
before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the Truth?" They
will say, "Yes indeed, by our Lord!" He will say, "Then taste
the punishment for your disbelief." (Surat al-An‘am: 29-30)
But as Allah has pointed out, disbelievers ignore this truth and
base their lives solely on what they can obtain for themselves in this
world. Since they believe that in this world the advantage is always
with the strong, they also think that for a happy and peaceful life
they must definitely be strong in material terms. They believe this
material strength can bring them everything they want. In fact,
Allah created the life of this world as a testing ground for people. So
in the life of this world everything may not come about as people

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