Page 17 - The Day of Judgment

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 15

continue your lineage. According to this worldview, what else
could you possibly want besides "a good job" and "a nice family?"
Having achieved these goals, you expect to lead a happy life. In this
way, everything is wonderful and you will live happily ever after.
However, some important changes are happening in your body
and environment. Many cells with diverse functions fulfill their
purpose and die. As you age, it becomes harder to replace them.
Your body is ageing visibly, as seen through your illnesses and
weaknesses. Time moves fast, and the impossibility of reversing it
becomes clearer every day. Thinking that you were going to live
happily and comfortably forever, you are nevertheless nearing
death. Thus, this worldly life can never give the sense of
contentment and peace you expect. When this "satisfying" life ends,
you will come face to face with the real truth. Given this fact, none of
your life ambitions should become your true purpose in life. This
life is a temporary trial to separate the righteous from the evildoers.
Allah reveals this reality in the following verse:
He Who created death and life to test which of you is best in
action. He is the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving. (Surat al-Mulk, 2)

The true purpose of life is not a decent job and a nice family. Of
course it is a most natural for every person to want to have a job that
would enable him to sustain a comfortable life and a family to find
peace in, however it would be a grave mistake to assume that these
are the only reasons for his existence. Rather, everybody has been
created for one purpose: to serve Allah. People living unaware of
Allah and the Day of Judgment become attached to their children,
rank, and status but with the first instance of death, these worldly
pleasures lose their value and importance. Everybody knows this,
but many choose to ignore it. And so such things should not be the
ultimate goals of life. We must reflect carefully and realize what is