Page 98 - Some Secrets of the Qur'an

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A majority of people are attached to this world as if they
will never die, and thus avoid living by the religion and
reflecting on death and the hereafter. However, the life of this
world, they are so strongly attached to, is very short and
transitory. Even those with long lives will certainly come to
terms with death one day. This aside, the life of this world is
not even as long as it seems to be. God reveals this secret to
mankind in many verses of the Qur'an:
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the
earth?' They will say, 'We tarried there for a day or
part of a day. Ask those able to count!' He will say,
'You only tarried there for a little while if you did
but know!' 'Did you suppose that We created you for
amusement and that you would not return to Us?'
(Surat al-Muminun: 112-115)
On the Day the Last Hour arrives, the evildoers will
swear they have not even tarried for an hour. That is the
extent to which they are deceived. (Surat ar-Rum: 55)