The Reality of Life: Reflecting on What Truly Matters

Understanding Life’s Impermanence: The Importance of Good Deeds

Reality of Life

My brother, my sister, how long have you lived in this world? Twenty years, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty? What have you gained from this world in terms of wealth or other possessions? Most likely, it has all—or mostly—gone, or at least part of it has. Even if we assume that everything you have gained remains, you will certainly leave it all behind.

Most of what you acquire in this world does not last; it eventually disappears.

So, what remains? It is your deeds.

So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it. And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.

(99:7-8)

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing).

(3:185)

Verily, the likeness of this worldly life is like the water (rain) which We send down from the sky; by it arises the intermingled produce of the earth, of which men and cattle eat: until when the earth is clad in its adornments and is beautified, and its people think they have all the powers of disposal over it, Our command reaches it by night or by day, and We make it like a clean-mown harvest, as if it had not flourished the day before! Thus do We explain the Ayat (proofs, evidence, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) in detail for the people who reflect.

(10:24)

So, are you deceived, or are you thoughtful?

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