Page 53 - The Solution To Secret Sorrows

Harun Yahya

desire to gain prestige and avoid losing respect in the eyes of other
people.
Allah tells us about people who are trapped in worldly ambi-
tion by these matters in the following verse:
To mankind, the love of worldly appetites is painted in
glowing colors: women and children, and heaped-up
mounds of gold and silver, and horses with fine markings,
and livestock and fertile farmland. All that is merely the
enjoyment of the life of this world. The best homecoming
is in the presence of Allah. (Surah Al 'Imran: 14)
All these are surely the blessings of the life of this world. Allah
has created people in a way for us to take pleasure from them.
Aware that each of these worldly pleasures is a blessing from Allah,
the right thing to do is to treat them with gratitude. It is wrong to at-
tach more importance to these blessings than the life in the Hereafter
and thus become trapped in a passion for them.
The principal ways that enable people to overcome worldly
ambition are dealt with at length in the Qur'an. These are the sub-
jects that most people do not care to think about. They can be listed
as follows:

1. Consideration of the fleeting nature of life
Some avoid thinking about the temporary nature of worldly
life—not, however, because of their inability to understand this
truth. Almost every day, they meet with a great many incidents that
make it clear. At various times they witness loved ones going bank-
rupt, having accidents, even losing their lives. Most importantly,
they witness that everyone, including themselves, moves closer to
death with every passing day. The loss of beauty that comes with
aging, illnesses, incapacities and weaknesses are more than enough

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