Page 31 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

they do not make use of them, they
avoid spending money at all costs and
do everything they can to preserve their
wealth.
But in the life of this world, a per-
son’s wealth will not bring him the plea-
sure he expects no matter how hard he
works for it. It may give him comfort in
some ways, but in this flawed and imper-
fect world wealth is also flawed and imper-
fect. The Arabic word dunya (world) is de-
rived from the word dani which means “low,
inferior, simple, worthless.”
A reason why Allah created the world
flawed, and as a transitory place is to allow
people to appreciate better the good things of
the Garden. For example, if a person who has

lived in poverty since childhood is invited to a
home with magnificent furniture and priceless
works of art, decorated with precious stones,
and is offered rare foods to eat, he would be
struck by the beauty of the place. Doubtless, this
person’s delight would be much greater than that
of someone who has lived in such an environment
since childhood. Our position in this world is sim-
ilar to that of a person brought up in poverty and
want. But even the world’s wealthiest person is
poor in comparison to the riches of the Garden.
And, in this world, a person can never attain this
true wealth. Even the richest person in the world