TRIALS ARE PART OF THIS SHORT LIFE

“Always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.” Mufti Ismail Menk

“Tonight before you get into bed, say a prayer for those without a bed, without a roof above their head, clothing or a morsel with which to be fed.” 

Mufti Ismail Menk

“Life is not guaranteed at all but death is absolutely guaranteed upon all, yet we still prepare for life more than death.” Mufti Ismail Menk

The world is a big exam room, its an arena of trials and tribulations. There is no absolute happiness. Sadness, sorrow and difficult situations don’t last either. From birth to death, every hour of the day and every minute of the night, situations fluctuate from bad to good, happiness to sadness, tranquility to worry, from health to sickness and from calm to fear.

What makes life more frustrating is the fact that we have no control whatsoever over these situations. Not even the most powerful among us. Not even the richest and influential. All of us are vulnerable. And…death is our common destination.

We are born into this world and our parents initiate us by inclining us towards achieving success in this world in our adult life. They support us to have the best careers that will guarantee a comfortable life in this world. Majority of parents don’t prepare their children for the life after life. They believe it just doesn’t exist. What matters to them is a life of comfort in this world.

But life in this world is short and full of turbulence – it doesn’t matter that you have everything you need in this world. You may have all the money to but anything, take you anywehre, you may have property, power and influence and everything else. But this is no guarantee to happiness. we hear of rich and influential people committing suicide every time. Aren’t these people supposed to be happy? Why would they bebin a hurry to leave all this ‘good life.’

While it is good to work for comfort in this world, it is important to think of the hereafter. Create a balance between the two, because all logic points to evidence of a life at the end of our stay. Did we, when we were in our mother’s wombs, think that there would be life after the comfort of the womb? why wouldn’t we want to believe that there is another life after life on earh then? think about it.

Failure to believe in the hereafter is defiance because there is more evidence of its existence than its obscurity. You would be served better if you submit to the Decree of the Deity that created all of us, the earth and the heavens, the Lakes and oceans, the trees and the mountains, the animals and plants. HE controls our fate and destiny – our happiness and sadness, our fortunes and misfortunes. HE keeps us in check and ensures we don’t usurp his powers and shows us he is in control. HE created us for the sole purpose of submitting to HIM as our primary responsibility. Whoever understands this logic and makes the right choice will succeed in this world and in the hereafter. Its a matter of choice and being conscious of the ALMIGHTY and CREATOR of the Universe.