LIFE : AN AMUSEMENT AND PLAY

ASSALAMUALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARAKATAHU!!

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Our life is the biggest blessing of ALLAH SUBHAANAHU WA TAA'LA. We spend our lives to educate ourselves so as to have a respectable position in public, a good standard of living, luxurious goods and so on.

 BUT what exactly is this life?? What is its actual value??  Why do we spend all our precious time running after the world??

ALLAH SUBAHAANAHU WA TAA'LA says in the Holy Qur'an :

And this worldly life is nothing but a diversion and play. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew. (Surah Al - Ankaboot, Ayah No. 64)

For understanding this let us see the terms " lahwa / diversion " and "la'eb / play or sports".

LAHWA means any such thing that keeps one busy and distracts from the real purpose. 

LA'EB means to engage in something for recreation for a short time and that is bound to end.

So that is just like a circus, where people spend days for its preparation, setting up of the tent, stage, dresses, animals, have rehearsals etc. and after the show is over (which people enjoy for a few hours) they wind up everything as if nothing was even there. Similarly ALLAH SUBHAANAHU WA TAA'LA says here, that the reality of this life is just like a play - today it is; tomorrow it is gone. Those who are charmed by the short-lived triumphs of this life and are able to collect some means of enjoyment and pleasure and of glory and grandeur by losing their conscience and faith, are only engaged in a pastime forgetting their main purpose for which they are here i.e to prepare for the aakhirah (Hereafter) which is eternal and there is no end. What use will this worldy glitter be for them in the Hereafter? Shall it help them in anyways?? 

Only if people know the real purpose of this life which is to prepare for the aakhirah (hereafter) then they would spend it preparing for it - the eternal life and not waste it in amusement and merry making; rather would do something productive and good work for the hereafter so that they don't enter the next phase of eternity empty handed. Although this life is of no value, it is still very precious as it is the only means for preparing for Aakhirah.

ALLAH TAA'LA says else where in the Qur'an :

[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allah , He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties. (Surah Muhammed , Ayah No. 36)

That means a believer lives his life according to Allah, fulfilling His commands and abstaining from His prohibitions, as He will recompense us for our deeds and not for our worldly success.

                        

LESSONS FROM THE AYAH:

• It is very important for us to understand this as then only shall we be able to utilize our duniya for works conducive to better results for aakhirah.

• Keeping an view on our actions and asking ourselves before doing anything :          

            " Will it help me earn Allah's pleasure?"

            "Will it help me enter into jannah for eternity?"
            "Is this going to help me in Aakhirah?"

• Being conscious of ALLAH at each step, before each action i.e., have taqwa (God fearing)

• Making Aakhirah our aim and paradise our destination.

It's never late Alhumdulillah. We can still repent and reform our ways from today itself and make the best of our remaining life. Work towards earning His pleasure and be jannah driven.

May Allah Taa'la bless us with the taufeeq to use our time in a better way and earn His pleasure and Jannah where life never ends. Ameen !!

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