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Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,
I pray that this reaches you in the best of health and Eeman.
Do you wish to stay young, healthy, rich, and immortal? If you desire these things, you will not find them in this world; however, you can find them in the Hereafter. Allah, the Exalted, has decreed misery and impermanence for this world. He called this life a trifle and an enjoyment of deception.
There is a well known poet from long ago, who for the greater part of his life lived a life of penury. In the prime of his youth, he wanted money and could not get it. He wanted a wife too, but he failed in that pursuit as well. When he became old, with white hair and brittle bones, he became rich. Many women were now willing to marry him and he lived a comfortable life. The irony of his story is that he was poor when he was able to enjoy all comforts and that he became rich when he could no longer enjoy the pleasures of life. He composed these verses in the latter part of his life: What I desired to own when I was only twenty, came into my possession after turning eighty. Young Turkish girls now surround me, singing and wearing silks and jewels. They say, Your moans keep us awake all night long, so what is it that you complain of? I said, Of being an octogenarian.
Did We not give you lives long enough, so that whosoever would receive admonition, could receive it? And the warner came to You... Surah Fatir Ayah 37.
...and they thought that they would never return to Us. Surah Al-Qasas Ayah 39.
And this life of the world is only amusement and play? Surah Al-Ankabut Ayah 64.
The example of this world is that of a rider who seeks shade under a tree he rests for a short period of time and then he gets up and leaves.
Wasalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Ahsin.
Details Taken From Dont Be Sad by Shaykh Aaidh Al-Qarni.
I pray that this reaches you in the best of health and Eeman.
Do you wish to stay young, healthy, rich, and immortal? If you desire these things, you will not find them in this world; however, you can find them in the Hereafter. Allah, the Exalted, has decreed misery and impermanence for this world. He called this life a trifle and an enjoyment of deception.
There is a well known poet from long ago, who for the greater part of his life lived a life of penury. In the prime of his youth, he wanted money and could not get it. He wanted a wife too, but he failed in that pursuit as well. When he became old, with white hair and brittle bones, he became rich. Many women were now willing to marry him and he lived a comfortable life. The irony of his story is that he was poor when he was able to enjoy all comforts and that he became rich when he could no longer enjoy the pleasures of life. He composed these verses in the latter part of his life: What I desired to own when I was only twenty, came into my possession after turning eighty. Young Turkish girls now surround me, singing and wearing silks and jewels. They say, Your moans keep us awake all night long, so what is it that you complain of? I said, Of being an octogenarian.
Did We not give you lives long enough, so that whosoever would receive admonition, could receive it? And the warner came to You... Surah Fatir Ayah 37.
...and they thought that they would never return to Us. Surah Al-Qasas Ayah 39.
And this life of the world is only amusement and play? Surah Al-Ankabut Ayah 64.
The example of this world is that of a rider who seeks shade under a tree he rests for a short period of time and then he gets up and leaves.
Wasalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Ahsin.
Details Taken From Dont Be Sad by Shaykh Aaidh Al-Qarni.
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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