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In every act, the intention must be to gain Allah’s
approval. An act may seem to be good but, if the intention
behind it is to gain the approval of others, or some other
worldly benefit, this act will not be acceptable in the Sight of
Allah.

88. What is meant by “the life of this world is
the enjoyment of delusion”?

One of the most serious, but largely unacknowledged
misconceptions, is the supposition that the life of this world is
the only real life for human beings. In fact, the world is a tem-
porary place created by Allah to test man. What is real is the
life after death. Therefore, everything that charms people and
preoccupies them in the fleeting and short-lived existence of
this world is an “enjoyment of delusion”. As stated in the fol-
lowing verse, Allah warns people against this deception,
reminding them that the real, beautiful abode is in the
Presence of Allah:
To mankind the objects of worldly appetites are painted
in glowing colours: women and children, and heaped-up
mounds of gold and silver, and horses with fine mark-
ings, and livestock and fertile farmland. All that is mere-
ly the enjoyment of the life of this world. Far better is the
return to Allah. (Surat al ‘Imran: 14)

89. What are the Divine reasons (hiqmat) for the
weaknesses people have?

There are many physical drawbacks afflicting man. First
of all, man has to keep his body and his surroundings clean