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the result in a very short period of time. For example, if we
ask young women of 40 watching us now, these women are
the youngsters of yesterday. In other words, they have

suddenly reached the age of 40. Their youth seems like only
yesterday to people of 60. They reach that age unbelievably
quickly. But young people imagine they will live for a very
long time. But that is not the case at all. They will see this. It
all comes to an end very quickly. Cancers, ulcers and heart
diseases all follow immediately after. They struggle with
those in hospital. Between 40 and 50 is the time in which
cancer, ulcers and heart diseases are experienced most

frequently. After that comes the death phase for people. They
then try to stave death off, not to die. They try to keep
themselves alive with medicines and treatments. I mean, left
to themselves they would die, but they hold out against
death. They try to live like that. This is what Allah
emphasizes, not that He has any need for emphasis, but I am
just saying it so that people will understand. There is
something wonderful here. Allah says He sends us here just
to be tested and to be His servants. But they insist on not
understanding this. I mean, what is there in this world? They
get food to eat with a thousand difficulties and they

experience the difficulties of that food afterwards. They have
to bathe every day, don't they? They have to take care of
themselves every day. A woman will get in a terrible state if
she does not look after. A man also gets in a terrible state if
he does not look after himself. They spent 8 hours a day
sleeping, don't they? Almost the half of it. Right? They spend

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