Originally posted 2020-04-09 00:47:24.
It’s the end that counts!
It’s the outcome that counts!
It’s the last laugh that counts
The Qur’an reads, “Allah does mock them” (Al-Baqarah 2:15) Be attentive! “and prolongs them in their transgression while they wander blindly” (Al-Baqarah 2:15)
This Allah’s way in His creation
You have been given the choice
And therefore – according to your own free will – you had been given the ability to make your own choices
And you had been given the ability to get too far
Too far as to commit corruption and mischief
He allows you to act as you please
Therefore, be wary if you find Allah keeps bestowing His favors on you even though you disobey Him
Meaning if someone is granted blessings; power, money, handsomeness and yet they’re morally depraved
Disobedient, all they need is a knockout
“It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.” (Ya-Sin 36 :29)
So, it’s a great blessing when Allah (Exalted be He) purifies someone bit by bit
When Allah is watchful of him, Allah holds him in reckoning for his sins one by one
This is a great blessing
When Allah punishes you, my believing honored brother, immediately after committing the sin, this is a priceless blessing
It means Allah (Exalted be He) is keeping you under His protection; raising you
But if Allah (Exalted be He) sees a man committing all kinds of sins and acts of disobedience
And He doesn’t straighten him out
This is a fearful indication
They will get a knockout!
“Allah does mock them and prolongs them in their transgression while they wander blindly” (Al-Baqarah 2:15)
He allows them to act as they please
Be careful! One’s life can end at any moment!
At any moment his life may turn upside down
At any moment his security may turn into destructive fear
At any moment his richness may turn into extreme poverty
At any moment his strength may turn into severe weakness
Allah is the Strong; He gives strength to man
And at any moment He can weaken him
Allah is the Rich; he makes one rich
And at any moment one’s strength may turn into severe weakness
Allah is the Strong; He gives strength to man
him and at any moment He can weaken
Allah is the Rich; he makes one rich and at any moment He can make him poor
Allah (Exalted be He) gives man blessings and at any moment he can deprive him of these blessings
Man is under the mercy of Allah (Exalted be He)
Oftentimes, man
Oftentimes, man – being completely naive, narrow-minded and ignorant, thinks that he is intelligent if he could deceive a human
He believes that deceiving them into believing that something that is not true- is true is unprecedented intelligence
Rather this is unprecedented ignorance!
Think of your relationship with Allah Who knows everything about you
Those you deceive have no power either to harm or benefit you
Nor they have power to cause life or resurrection
Their commerce has failed. They lived a certain number of years
Yes, they may have had an easy life!
Maybe they made a lot of money by fraud and deceit
But they lost the Hereafter
They had fun only a certain number of years
“Those are the ones who have purchased error in exchange for guidance, so their commerce has brought no profit, nor were they guided.” (Al-Baqarah 2:16)
On the contrary, the commerce of the believer has triumphed!
One of the Companions was on his way to Madinah and one of the disbelievers lay waiting in ambush for him
They wanted to turn him away from migration. He told them, ‘take all my money back there in Makkah’
He informed them of where the money was hidden, so they let him go
‘Take all my money’
He hid his money at a particular place in his house
He said to them, ‘my money is at this place. Take it and let me go’
Upon arriving in Madinah, he told the Prophet (peace be upon him) what happened
What did the Prophet say to him?
He said to him: “Your deal has been successful, Aba Yahya!”
His deal has been successful.
He gave up all his money in exchange for being with the Prophet
His commerce has triumphed. You, as well, from a commercial point of view, weigh this life against the hereafter
Here’s, for example, someone who gained the whole world; lots of money, a high position, a big house, a fancy car but lost the Hereafter?
Did he win or lose? This is the biggest loss!
“Say: ‘Truly, the losers are those who lose themselves’.” (Az-Zumar 39:15)
Who is the real loser? The one lost the Hereafter
This life – no matter how hard it is, how tough or tiresome, ends
And only Hereafter is forever in a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth
From a commercial point of view, weigh this life against the hereafter
Oh brothers! How many houses that worth millions and its people were buried under layers of land!
Doesn’t man see funerals?
Can anyone escape being prayed over in the mosque?
No way!
There must be a day you will be carried to the mosque to be prayed over
No one escapes!
A on a shop reads: “Pray Before You are Prayed Over”
When you ponder short trivial life
Where there are no guarantees
Every day we hear too much bad news that make you sick
Plenty of bad news that make you sick
There were a few in the sixties and seventies
One hears about tens of young men fall dead
There are no guarantees except obedience to Allah (Exalted be He)
So, the believer gets closer to Allah, be obedient to Him, entrusting his affair to Him
And let death comes. For the believer death feels like a wedding day
And death is a transition from the home of trouble to the home of pleasure
from a home of sickness, distress, sadness and troubles to the home of everlasting peacefulness
“For them therein is whatever they wish” (Al-Furqan 25:16)
And as for unbelievers, their commerce has failed
It’s a business
You live only for a limited number of years
If someone was offered to enjoy billion for one year to after that be imprisoned and tortured for ten years, would he accept?
No one would accept enjoying one year before being tortured for ten years! No one accepts!
Compared to the Hereafter this life is nothing!
No one pays attention to the word ‘eternal’!
is 1 to zeroes The ratio of distances from earth to sun
The Sun is 156 km from Earth
Every ml is actually a zero. What does this mean?
Compared to eternity this distance is zero; is nothing
Can you imagine! is 1:156 million zeroes The ratio of distances from earth to sun
Every ml is actually a zero
What about the ratio from the Sun to Mars or Jupitar?
Compared to the Hereafter this numbers are nothing
For only a limited number of years people live a life of immorality, debauchery, delinquency and consuming of the people’s wealth unjustly
They do not think about the time of death
Death comes in the blink of an eye
Man is under Allah’s control
“Those are the ones who have purchased error in exchange for guidance, so their commerce has brought no profit, nor were they guided.” (Al-Baqarah 2:16)
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the World
