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Peace and mercy of Allah be on you.
"Know that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. This life is like the rain, the vegetation produced whereby rejoices the tillers. Then it dries up and thou seest it turn yellow; then it becomes broken pieces of straw. And in the Hereafter there is severe punishment, and also forgiveness from Allah, and His pleasure. And the life of this world is nothing but temporary enjoyment of deceitful things." [Translation of verse 21, Surah Al-Hadid]
Allah the Exalted, in Holy Quran at various places, has drawn our attention, rather warned that the apparent life of this world, its comforts, amenities, wealth and provisions are all temporary things. And their status is no more than a sport and amusement for heart. A human who is unmindful of Allah the Exalted and of objective of his life, he can lean to these things of earthliness but a momin who has high aims, and should have so, he is far above these things. He makes effort to find high aim, nearness of Allah the Exalted and His love.
We claim to be in the Jama'at and in the Bai'at of Imam of this age - The Promised Messiah, The Covenanted Mahdi who came according to the prophecy of Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)….Our thinking should be certainly high. We who are called Ahmadis, will become real Ahmadi when we will not make temporary and earthly desires and delight our aim. The world is arrested in these delights and Satan has made its bases at all places and tries to attract the every dwellers of this world toward itself. We should avoid it with our full effort. Our purpose should never be to achieve worldly wealth and to get benefit from worldly delights because the end of these things is not good.
Allah the Exalted, giving example of these worldly things, says that these are like growing crop but become dried fine particles in the end and fast winds blow them. Likewise the end of earthly people happens. Neither the abundance of their assets and wealth nor their progenies work for them, some lose these things in this very world. And if their worldly ending seems better then due to their indulgence in worldly pastime and leaving the place empty, in selves, regarding God the Exalted and faith, He gives them punishment in incoming accountability in hereafter. Yes, some people have such virtues that Allah the Exalted covers and treats them with forgiveness. The mercy of Allah the Exalted is very vast, under it, some people get divine-fate, His pleasure.
But it should be remembered that Allah the Exalted says that you should remember do not consider this life is everything. The real life is life after death, that is why to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted and for good end, connection with Allah the Exalted and to follow His commandments is very essential.
And when human makes effort to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted and walks on the way told by Him, then not only his end become good but he gets this world too. Allah the Exalted does not say that you should not get benefit from bounties made by Him. He surely says that you should not be occupied so much in getting these worldly things that you lose attention about obligations of deen and right of Allah the Exalted.
Hazrat Promised Messiah (On whom be peace) says: The people who come for God the Exalted they leave the world. By it, meaning is that they do not declare the world their objective and standard…The world become their servant and slave…..Those people who, in contrast to it, declare the world their real objective even if they obtain the world as much, eventually they are disgraced and ruined.
This is not an old time thing, but these days too when it is thought that world’s economic system is very firm, and great banks exist too, despite that it happens that people who do business with support of banks, they lose their works and businesses. Rather it is seen that banks too suffer extreme losses and daily news come that somewhere banks lay off or decreasing workers, at other places banks shut down branches in cities. Large companies lay off their employees, employees and loan-giving banks drag these companies to courts, there companies have to prove bankruptcy of their businesses, their assets are sold and they reduce to pennilessness.
The effects of economical decline of 2008 are still lingering. Huge businesses went bankrupt. Even the governments too were affected. Oil producing countries used to think their wealth would never finish but it did. What turned out for them, governments had to reduce their spending, laid the employees off. It is unfortunate of Muslim countries that Allah the Exalted granted them the wealth but instead kings rulers and political leaders had made it way to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted by following His directives, they wasted it in luxuries and still doing so. Instead, with oil related and other wealth, they would have made effort to save human, poor Muslim countries, stand other countries at their feet too, end hunger and deficiencies of people of their own countries, they did not pay attention to it and became busy in filling their safe-boxes and still same. As the result, they are being humiliated before the world but do not realize, and they are not having eye on the Hereafter, about whose torment Allah the Exalted has warned, which is severe and humiliating wrath.
Anyway, it cannot be denied that worldly wealth whether it is related to individual, big businesspersons, large companies or to governments, the wrong use of it bring in the catch of Allah the Exalted. He may punish either in this world and in the next at both places, or He may let people get temporary benefit in this world but give punishment in next world. So it is station of great fear which every wise human, a real Muslim, especially he who believe in Allah the Exalted should always keep in view.
Not only apparently but there should be a pain and effort in worships and in following commandants of Allah the Exalted. Sayers would say we offer Salaat-s, do worships, and keep fasts, if we do efforts to get bounties of Allah the Exalted then what is bad in it?
Firstly, sincerity and loyalty should be in worships, as it is said by Allah the Exalted….Secondly, the rights of creatures of Allah the Exalted should be paid by bounties. What is at ours; to go for leisurely trips, kings of countries take airplane fleet and huge things with them with expenses of many million dollars. And there are poor in their countries who get one time meal with difficulty. It is being away from commandment of Allah the Exalted. On one hand, saying name of Allah the Exalted but at the same time, denying His commandments, makes doers station of His punishment. It is apparent pastime, waste-sports, beauty, arrogance, non-permitted manifestation of wealth. For such people Hazrat Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: Apparent Salaat, Fasting - if sincerity and truthfulness is not with it – have no goodness in it.
And for the Salaat-s of such people Allah the Exalted says in Holy Quran “fawaillullil mosallin” i.e. woe to such Salaat-offeres. In fact, Allah the Exalted wants such worships and deeds from us which should improve our spiritual conditions, we should pay rights of people with such passion which create pain in us, not that we boast favour done to others. Such worships then absorb favour of Allah the Exalted. Such wealth then makes one recipient of His favours.
Allah the Exalted has not stopped to earn worldly wealth and things. The bounties made by Him are surely permitted for believers with the condition they are achieved through permitted means, and they do not become obstruction in the path of deen, paying rights of creature and in offering worships.
Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was anxious about his Ummah -- that the pure revolution, he developed in his companions and as they understood the spirit of giving precedence to deen -- lest this passion is not lost in Muslims of future. Thus, Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said on an occasion that the most I am anxious about my Ummah is that my Ummah would follow desires and would get involved in make extensive plans of worldly expectations, and as the result of following these desires it would go away from truth. The plans of earning world would make careless about Akherat (Hereafter). He (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that O people this world has tied means for journey and Akherat too is prepared to come. [explanation: The journey for both sides is started. The world is moving to its conclusion. Qayamt would come and accountability would take place in Hereafter. There, preparation is underway] Each of both have some slaves and servants. So if you have capacity that you should not be servant of world then you must do so. At this time you are in the house of act and yet time for accountability has not come. But tomorrow you shall be in the house of Hereafter and there will be no act.
The act whose result would come, these are to be done in this world that is why correct your deeds. Thus this world is the house of act. The acts done in this world will become means of reward or punishment in next world. So how much fortunate are those from us who remember these words of Allah the Exalted that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. ….It status is not more than dried straws which become powder and wind take it away.
The real thing is to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted, and this very thing is said by Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) that do virtuous deeds so that you get pleasure of Allah the Exalted. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) always were in search that how, and which means they should learn and understand, which make them recipient of Allah the Exalted and doers of good deeds. They would ask Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) about it. Thus once a person came in respect of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and said O Messenger of Allah please tell me such work when I do it Allah the Exalted love me and other people like me. He (s.a.w.) said: Be inclination-free and independent of the world, Allah the Exalted will begin to love you. Leave desire of what people possess. Do not see wealth of people with greedy eye, people will begin to love you.
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"Know that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. This life is like the rain, the vegetation produced whereby rejoices the tillers. Then it dries up and thou seest it turn yellow; then it becomes broken pieces of straw. And in the Hereafter there is severe punishment, and also forgiveness from Allah, and His pleasure. And the life of this world is nothing but temporary enjoyment of deceitful things." [Translation of verse 21, Surah Al-Hadid]
Allah the Exalted, in Holy Quran at various places, has drawn our attention, rather warned that the apparent life of this world, its comforts, amenities, wealth and provisions are all temporary things. And their status is no more than a sport and amusement for heart. A human who is unmindful of Allah the Exalted and of objective of his life, he can lean to these things of earthliness but a momin who has high aims, and should have so, he is far above these things. He makes effort to find high aim, nearness of Allah the Exalted and His love.
We claim to be in the Jama'at and in the Bai'at of Imam of this age - The Promised Messiah, The Covenanted Mahdi who came according to the prophecy of Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)….Our thinking should be certainly high. We who are called Ahmadis, will become real Ahmadi when we will not make temporary and earthly desires and delight our aim. The world is arrested in these delights and Satan has made its bases at all places and tries to attract the every dwellers of this world toward itself. We should avoid it with our full effort. Our purpose should never be to achieve worldly wealth and to get benefit from worldly delights because the end of these things is not good.
Allah the Exalted, giving example of these worldly things, says that these are like growing crop but become dried fine particles in the end and fast winds blow them. Likewise the end of earthly people happens. Neither the abundance of their assets and wealth nor their progenies work for them, some lose these things in this very world. And if their worldly ending seems better then due to their indulgence in worldly pastime and leaving the place empty, in selves, regarding God the Exalted and faith, He gives them punishment in incoming accountability in hereafter. Yes, some people have such virtues that Allah the Exalted covers and treats them with forgiveness. The mercy of Allah the Exalted is very vast, under it, some people get divine-fate, His pleasure.
But it should be remembered that Allah the Exalted says that you should remember do not consider this life is everything. The real life is life after death, that is why to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted and for good end, connection with Allah the Exalted and to follow His commandments is very essential.
And when human makes effort to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted and walks on the way told by Him, then not only his end become good but he gets this world too. Allah the Exalted does not say that you should not get benefit from bounties made by Him. He surely says that you should not be occupied so much in getting these worldly things that you lose attention about obligations of deen and right of Allah the Exalted.
Hazrat Promised Messiah (On whom be peace) says: The people who come for God the Exalted they leave the world. By it, meaning is that they do not declare the world their objective and standard…The world become their servant and slave…..Those people who, in contrast to it, declare the world their real objective even if they obtain the world as much, eventually they are disgraced and ruined.
This is not an old time thing, but these days too when it is thought that world’s economic system is very firm, and great banks exist too, despite that it happens that people who do business with support of banks, they lose their works and businesses. Rather it is seen that banks too suffer extreme losses and daily news come that somewhere banks lay off or decreasing workers, at other places banks shut down branches in cities. Large companies lay off their employees, employees and loan-giving banks drag these companies to courts, there companies have to prove bankruptcy of their businesses, their assets are sold and they reduce to pennilessness.
The effects of economical decline of 2008 are still lingering. Huge businesses went bankrupt. Even the governments too were affected. Oil producing countries used to think their wealth would never finish but it did. What turned out for them, governments had to reduce their spending, laid the employees off. It is unfortunate of Muslim countries that Allah the Exalted granted them the wealth but instead kings rulers and political leaders had made it way to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted by following His directives, they wasted it in luxuries and still doing so. Instead, with oil related and other wealth, they would have made effort to save human, poor Muslim countries, stand other countries at their feet too, end hunger and deficiencies of people of their own countries, they did not pay attention to it and became busy in filling their safe-boxes and still same. As the result, they are being humiliated before the world but do not realize, and they are not having eye on the Hereafter, about whose torment Allah the Exalted has warned, which is severe and humiliating wrath.
Anyway, it cannot be denied that worldly wealth whether it is related to individual, big businesspersons, large companies or to governments, the wrong use of it bring in the catch of Allah the Exalted. He may punish either in this world and in the next at both places, or He may let people get temporary benefit in this world but give punishment in next world. So it is station of great fear which every wise human, a real Muslim, especially he who believe in Allah the Exalted should always keep in view.
Not only apparently but there should be a pain and effort in worships and in following commandants of Allah the Exalted. Sayers would say we offer Salaat-s, do worships, and keep fasts, if we do efforts to get bounties of Allah the Exalted then what is bad in it?
Firstly, sincerity and loyalty should be in worships, as it is said by Allah the Exalted….Secondly, the rights of creatures of Allah the Exalted should be paid by bounties. What is at ours; to go for leisurely trips, kings of countries take airplane fleet and huge things with them with expenses of many million dollars. And there are poor in their countries who get one time meal with difficulty. It is being away from commandment of Allah the Exalted. On one hand, saying name of Allah the Exalted but at the same time, denying His commandments, makes doers station of His punishment. It is apparent pastime, waste-sports, beauty, arrogance, non-permitted manifestation of wealth. For such people Hazrat Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: Apparent Salaat, Fasting - if sincerity and truthfulness is not with it – have no goodness in it.
And for the Salaat-s of such people Allah the Exalted says in Holy Quran “fawaillullil mosallin” i.e. woe to such Salaat-offeres. In fact, Allah the Exalted wants such worships and deeds from us which should improve our spiritual conditions, we should pay rights of people with such passion which create pain in us, not that we boast favour done to others. Such worships then absorb favour of Allah the Exalted. Such wealth then makes one recipient of His favours.
Allah the Exalted has not stopped to earn worldly wealth and things. The bounties made by Him are surely permitted for believers with the condition they are achieved through permitted means, and they do not become obstruction in the path of deen, paying rights of creature and in offering worships.
Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was anxious about his Ummah -- that the pure revolution, he developed in his companions and as they understood the spirit of giving precedence to deen -- lest this passion is not lost in Muslims of future. Thus, Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said on an occasion that the most I am anxious about my Ummah is that my Ummah would follow desires and would get involved in make extensive plans of worldly expectations, and as the result of following these desires it would go away from truth. The plans of earning world would make careless about Akherat (Hereafter). He (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that O people this world has tied means for journey and Akherat too is prepared to come. [explanation: The journey for both sides is started. The world is moving to its conclusion. Qayamt would come and accountability would take place in Hereafter. There, preparation is underway] Each of both have some slaves and servants. So if you have capacity that you should not be servant of world then you must do so. At this time you are in the house of act and yet time for accountability has not come. But tomorrow you shall be in the house of Hereafter and there will be no act.
The act whose result would come, these are to be done in this world that is why correct your deeds. Thus this world is the house of act. The acts done in this world will become means of reward or punishment in next world. So how much fortunate are those from us who remember these words of Allah the Exalted that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. ….It status is not more than dried straws which become powder and wind take it away.
The real thing is to get pleasure of Allah the Exalted, and this very thing is said by Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) that do virtuous deeds so that you get pleasure of Allah the Exalted. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) always were in search that how, and which means they should learn and understand, which make them recipient of Allah the Exalted and doers of good deeds. They would ask Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) about it. Thus once a person came in respect of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and said O Messenger of Allah please tell me such work when I do it Allah the Exalted love me and other people like me. He (s.a.w.) said: Be inclination-free and independent of the world, Allah the Exalted will begin to love you. Leave desire of what people possess. Do not see wealth of people with greedy eye, people will begin to love you.
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