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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

people has to strive to attain the hereafter and show due respect and
gratefulness to Allah. It is also so that people may realize that the ac-
tual place of these favors is not this temporary world, but the eternal
abode prepared for believers. In the Qur'an, this is alluded to as fol-
lows:

Yet still you prefer the life of the world when the hereafter is
better and longer lasting. (Surat al-A'la: 16-17)
Another verse says: "The abode of the hereafter—that is truly

Life if they only knew." (Surat al-Ankabut: 64) There is a very thin
border between this world, which is a temporary abode, and our "ac-
tual life", the hereafter, which is our real life. Death raises this cur-
tain. By death, man will break off all his relations with his body and
this world; he will start his eternal life with his newly created body.
The real life is the one beginning with death. Flaws, imperfec-
tions and impermanence are the laws of this world. The real laws are
formulated on the principles of infiniteness, excellence and immor-
tality. In other words, what is normal is a non-fading flower, a never-
ageing man, a never-decaying fruit. The actual laws entail the instant
realization of every wish of man or the removal of pain and diseases,
or even sweating or feeling cold. However, temporary laws are in ef-
fect in this temporary life, while the actual laws are binding upon the
next life.
The abode of the actual laws, namely the hereafter, is very close.
Allah can end the life of man at any moment He wills and makes him
pass to the hereafter. This transition will occur in a very short period;
in the blink of an eye. This is similar to waking up from a dream. The

brevity of this world is explained in the Qur'an follows:

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