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They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they,

of the Hereafter, are unaware. 104

The fact outlined in this chapter, namely that everything is an

image, is very important because of its implication that all lusts and

acquisitions are meaningless. The verification of this fact makes it

clear that everything people possess or strive to possess – wealth

acquired through greed, children of whom they boast, spouses whom

they consider closest to them, friends, their own dear bodies, ranks of

supposed superiority, the schools they attended, the holidays they

enjoyed – are nothing but mere illusion. Therefore, all their efforts,

time spent, and greed prove to be in vain.

This is why some people unwittingly make fools of themselves

when they boast of their wealth and properties, their yachts,

helicopters, factories, holdings, manors and lands as if they really

existed. Those well-to-do people who ostentatiously saunter up and

down in their yachts, show off their cars, and keep talking about their

wealth suppose that this ranks them higher than everyone else and

that they are successful should actually think about what state they

will find themselves in once they realize that their success is nothing

but an illusion.

104 Surah ar-Rum, 30:7.

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