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ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

ashamed of being proud of all the images he watches on the screen;
that is to say, of his body, his possessions and everything else he
sees in the external world.

A sensate being pondering over these facts would also appreci-
ate his weakness in the sight of Allah. He can earn esteem and lead
a pleasurable life for all eternity only when he bows to Allah. Only
then can he hope for Allah to show him the images of Paradise for
all eternity.
What Allah expects from His servants is quite explicit: to appre-
ciate His power and to lead a life observing His limits. Yet, some
people, because of their heedlessness, forget the Almighty Allah or
deny Him. At this point, one of the major factors misleading them is
the crowd of people, — which they assume to exist — surrounding
them. These people display such a rebellious attitude because they
assume their friends, associates, everyone who shares the same
mentality with them, exist, and because they forget that they are all
alone. To their disappointment, however, each one of them is all
alone, no matter with how many people he is surrounded. There is
no one to help him except for Allah:
… They will not find any protector or helper for themselves be-
sides Allah. (Surat an-Nisa': 173)
As Allah informed in the verse "Each of them will come to Him
on the Day of Resurrection all alone." (Surah Maryam: 95), on the

Day of Judgment, they will be all alone in the Presence of Allah. Nor
will their friends and relatives, who are distant from Allah and the
religious morality, forget the Day of Judgment and Hereafter, be
next to them on that Day. And certainly satan, whom they followed
eagerly, will leave them:
He led me astray from the Reminder after it came to me. Satan al-
ways leaves man in the lurch. (Surat al-Furqan: 29)
You have come to Us all alone just as We created you at first, leav-
ing behind you everything We bestowed on you. We do not see

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