Originally posted 2019-11-25 11:56:35.
Seek the Truth…
Move up from the lower-level desires to the higher-level ones
Seek the truth…let it compel your actions
“By time,” (Al-`Asr 103:1) Allah swears by time absolute
To this first human being who, in point of fact, is doomed to suffer loss
“By the time, Verily Man is in loss,” (Al-`Asr 103:1-2)
If the daily earnings for someone is one million dollar…the daily
And he doesn’t know of Allah (Exalted be He), this man, according to this very verse, is a loser
Because death is the end of this life and by death is the end of everything
It puts an end to the strength of the strong, and to the weakness of the weak
It puts an end to the wealth of the wealthy, and to the poverty of the poor
It puts an end to the beauty of the beautiful, and to the ugliness of the ugly
It puts an end to the safety of the safe, and to the fear of the frightened
Death puts an end to everything and therefore as long as you don’t know of Allah
Don’t live His way and don’t call to Him you are a loser
And you do can avoid loss
By doing in this life what would benefit you in the after life
Therefore live by this precise criterion that
Any action, any deed, any effort would be carried into effect after your death. This would benefit you
And any deed or action which ends with death is useless accordingly
This is life, this is why it is nothing for Allah as ends in death
Were this world worth a wing of mosquito, He would not have given a drink of water to an infidel.
That’s why we have to seek the truth
we have to live by this truth
And we have to call to this truth
There may be obstacles and there may be diversions so that we have to be patient
“By the time, Verily Man is in loss, Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.” (Al-`Asr 103:1-3)
Therefore the first thing you should read is the search for truth and faith
Seek the truth, search for your Creator
Asking: Why was I created? Why am I here?
What is my mission in life?
What is after death? What is before death?
From where? Where to? And what for?
Search…
“Read in the name of your Lord Who created.” (Al-`Alaq 96:1)
Science should bring you closer to faith
If it doesn’t, know it is just intelligence and in death intelligence ends
It may be called intelligence or knowledge, but science is what Allah
(Exalted be He) said: “Are those who know equal to those who do not know?” (Az-Zumar 39:9)
The knowledge Allah means is to get to know Him and His way
To bring yourself to obey Him
To spend whatever it takes
This is the first revelation to the Prophet, reading to find truth and faith
“Read in the name of your Lord Who created.” (Al-`Alaq 96:1)
The nearest sign of Allah to man is within one’s own self
“Have We not made for him two eyes?” (Al-Balad 90:8)
There are about 130 million rods and cones in the human retina
In a Professional digital camera there are 10,000 photoreceptors/ mm2
In the human retina there are 100 million photoreceptors/ mm2
100 million!
Therefore the human eye can distinguish 10 million colors
