Page 15 - The Debased Culture of Superficiality

SUPERFICIAL PEOPLE LIVE

LIVES FAR REMOVED FROM

THE PURPOSES OF CREATION

A Muslim realizes the beauty of the morality pleasing to
Allah and appropriate to Paradise, and aims to live by it.
However, some people are unaware of such a goal. They do
not feel the inner desire to attain the moral qualities pleasing
to Allah. They think it’s enough if they attain a level of moral-
ity and personal qualities generally acceptable to others, that
will let them survive in this world, keep them from being
lonely, establish friendships and reach the worldly goals they
desire. Allah has revealed the kind of moral behavior that
pleases Him; but these people’s narrow goals prevent them
from caring about trying to win Allah’s favor and mercy and
attain Paradise. They prefer to be among those who strive for
the ordinary, the mediocre. Worldly goals are enough for
them.
However, the basic purpose of human creation is quite
different, and of a higher order than these worldly ambitions.
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