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Why, then, are they unable to enjoy these pleasures? Why
are they so anxious, gloomy, depressed, and world-weary?
How did they fall into the spiritual state that prevents them
from noticing and enjoying these beauties and blessings?
Why have they consumed all of this life’s pleasure and find
no joy in them? There is only one answer to these questions:
Their denial of Allah, their ungratefulness toward Him and
His blessings make their hearts anxious:
When Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his
breast to Islam. When He desires to misguide some-
one, He makes his breast narrow and constricted as if
he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah
defiles those who have no belief. (Surat al-An‘am: 125)
Due to their denial, Allah wills them to live in darkness
and gloom, even though they are surrounded by beautiful
things:
Allah is the Protector of those who believe. He brings
them out of the darkness into the light. But those who
did not believe have false deities as protectors. They
take them from the light into the darkness. Those are
the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly,
forever. (Surat al-Baqara: 257)
Since Allah created this world as a testing place, peo-
ple who get caught up in this life’s adornments make a
great mistake. In one of his hadiths (sayings), the Prophet
Muhammad (saas) says:

“The world is delightful. Allah will make you inherit it and
see how you will behave there. Thus, avoid the world.”
(Sahih Muslim and al-Tirmidhi)

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