Want To Succeed?
Serve Mankind And
Serve Mankind And
Help
The Helpless!
Only
Good Deeds Can
Help
You In This World
And The
Hereafter!
(M. Javed Naseem)
«Every soul will taste death, and you will only
be given your [full] compensation on the Day
of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from
the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained
[his desire]. And what is the life of this world
except the enjoyment of delusion.»
(al-Quran 3:185)
This world is an illusion and the life of this world is
temporary and full of temptations. The illusion is not going to last
forever. The Truth will shatter it one day and if we are not prepared
for that encounter, we'll be hurt a lot. We'll lose everything that
we have accumulated by violating others' rights and breaking
all laws/rules, trying to satisfy our desires through injustice.
As Muslims, we have pledged our faithfulness and
fidelity to Allah (via the first pillar of Islam: Tawheed). But in
real life, most of us fail to deliver. We have become slaves to our
desires and we fall for every temptation, despite the fact that we
are warned by Allah in the Quran about that. Why do we ignore Allah's
warnings? Can we really afford this rebellion?
«These are people who buy the life of this
world at the price of the Hereafter.
Their punishment shall not be
lightened
nor shall they be helped.»
(al-Quran 2:86)
Time flies and you won't even notice the end of your
life in front of you. Only then you'll realize that you haven't done
enough for the Hereafter – your real and eternal life. Therefore,
the time to do good to others and accumulate good deeds is now!
Allah's commands are very clear in the Quran and the Bible: 'Enjoin
good and forbid evil! Don't spread corruption in the earth! And stand
up for justice!'
«Call upon your Lord in humility
and privately! Indeed, He does not
like transgressors.»
(al-Quran 7:55)
Only the Hereafter matters
because that is the real and everlasting life. A
kind and generous man, Qais bin Saad Khazarji, once fell ill.
To his surprise nobody came to see him nor did anybody send a slave
to wish him speedy recovery. All the time, when he was healthy and
active, he used to receive a lot of visitors, friends and
well-wishers. He asked his family what could be the reason? The
family said that almost everybody owed him money. Unless they paid
back his debt, they were embarrassed to come and visit him.
Qais bin Saad started cursing the money because of which
he had lost all his friends and well-wishers. He hired a man to make
announcements in all parts of the city that whosoever owed him money,
was relieved of his debt. He forgave everybody and no one owed him
anything. After hearing that announcement, so many people came to
visit him. It was so crowded at his doorstep that people broke the
threshold of the door.
Moral of the story: When you are
wealthy and kind, people will flock around you to get some benefit.
You'll have plenty of friends. But when you are in trouble, you'll be
all alone. All 'friends' will disappear. Only Allah is your true
Friend. But that doesn't mean you stop
doing good to others. As human beings, it's our obligation to help
other human beings and animals. Every good deed, no matter how small,
will bring you many rewards; and that will make your 'capital' in the
Hereafter. On the other hand, every injustice and evil deed will
bring you to the Divine court of justice; and you will be held
accountable. The guilty will be punished.
«And the companions of
Paradise will call out
to the companions of the Fire,
"We have already
found what our Lord promised us to be true.
Have you found what your Lord promised to be
true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an
announcer
will announce among them, "The curse of Allah
shall be upon the wrongdoers."
(al-Quran 7:44)
Here is the key to success: Don't
fall in love with this world, nor with money! Our stay in this world
is but temporary. The greed and accumulation of wealth or material
things can bring only the temporary pleasure or
smiles. In fact, it will bring wrath of Allah upon us, unless
we spend that wealth in Allah's way. The
best way to please Allah is to please mankind; help those who cannot
help themselves; lift the downtrodden and show mercy to people and
the animals.
The life of this material world is
beautiful for those who don't care about the Hereafter – mostly
unbelievers and evil-doers. But for a believer and
a righteous person, the life of the Hereafter is a lot more
beautiful than the life of this world. The Almighty says that the
life of this world is just an illusion. We should not become slaves
to our desires and temptation while, at the same
time, losing sight of our goal – the Hereafter! This life is just a
test for us.
«Beautiful is the life of the world for
those who disbelieve; they
make
a jest of the believers.»
(al-Quran 2:212)
Be nice and kind to people! Every good thing you do for
others, is 'Sadaqah' and 'Hasanah' – it brings you rewards. If you
can't do anything, at least give them a good piece of advice! Give
them a smile, that's Sadaqah too and you will be rewarded for that.
We can help others by making things easier for them; facilitating the
procedures; and giving lift when we have a ride. When you care about
mankind, Allah will take care of you! It's guaranteed.
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