Page 277 - Learning from the Qur'an

Abandon those who have turned their religion into a game and a
diversion and who have been deluded by the life of this world.
Remind by it lest a person is delivered up to destruction for what
he has earned with no protector or intercessor besides Allah. Were
he to offer every kind of compensation, it would not be accepted
from him. Such people are delivered up to destruction for what
they have earned. They will have scalding water to drink and a
painful punishment because they did not believe. (Qur'an, 6:70)
Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion
and ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and
trying to outdo one another in wealth and children: like the plant-
growth after rain which delights the cultivators, but then it withers
and you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken
stubble.In the hereafter there is terrible punishment but also
forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of this
world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (Qur'an, 57:20)

THE UNBELIEVERS PREFER THE LIFE
OF THIS WORLD TO THE HEREAFTER
These people love this fleeting world and have put the thought of
a Momentous Day behind their backs. (Qur'an, 76:27)
As for those who do not expect to meet Us and are content with
the life of this world and at rest in it, and those who are heedless
of Our Signs, (Qur'an, 10:7)
Allah expands provision to anyone He wills and restricts it. They
rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world, compared
to the hereafter, is only fleeting enjoyment. (Qur'an, 13:26)
That is because they prefer the life of this world to the hereafter
and because Allah does not guide unbelievers. (Qur'an, 16:107)
No indeed! But you love this fleeting world and you disregard
the hereafter. (Qur'an, 75:20-21)

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