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next life and limit one’s goals only to his own small world.
Such a way of thinking is the choice of shallow-minded indi-
viduals who cannot see the plainest facts.
In determining his worldly hopes and ideals, a person
must bear in mind that one day, somewhere, he will come
face to face with death. When that day comes, all his worldly
plans and ideals he strove to realize will mean nothing any
more. Entering the next life, he will leave everything behind.
Allah tells us that, when the time of death comes, an individ-
ual will come into His presence all alone, with nothing he
possessed in this world:
You have come to Us all alone just as We created you at
first, leaving behind you everything We bestowed on
you . . . (Surat al-An‘am: 94)
For this reason, the most reasonable and right thing for a
person to do is think like a Muslim and determine his Earthly
ideals as a Muslim does. This is the only way a person can be
saved from shallow-mindedness and from setting superficial
worldly goals.

How People are Trained and Educated
into This Culture

The superficial cues people take from their family envi-
ronments, close friendships and social surroundings exert an
important influence on the culture they live in. The process of
education begins in the family and continues in school. The
manner of thinking and behaving they acquire from people
they associate with has a lifelong influence. If an individual
raised in an ignorant society has not adopted the moral teach-