Monday, July 5, 2010

View of Quran about the Life of This World

It is a universal fact and also the law of the nature that the life of every living being comes to an end one day. This world is a temporary place and nothing here is forever. One day this world will come to an end and there will be life no more.  It’s only the God, the creator, Almighty Allah who’ll remain forever. Human beings have been made aware of this reality of life by Almighty Allah in Quran.

Man has been repeatedly reminded by the Quran about the mortality of the life of this world. It has also told us that the eternal life is the life hereafter and we must prepare ourselves for that life. Therefore, Quran asks mankind to practice good deeds in this world and follow the path of Allah in order to have eternal afterlife in heaven. In Quran Allah Says “O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter -that is the home of [permanent] settlement” (Ghaafir 40:39).

Quran the magnificent book has viewed the life of this world as a test for the human beings and has mentioned that the hereafter is better and everlasting.  Quran says “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient.” (Al-Baqarah 2:155) “But you prefer the worldly life, while the Hereafter is better and more enduring. (Al-‘Alaa 87:16-17).

The life in this world is just like a beautiful dream where everything seems real but the reality is something else. It’s the man who needs to understand the mortality of the life of this world and prepare for the eternal life i.e. hereafter.

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