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PURPOSE OF LIFE
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Work hard for the hereafter
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Allah ﷻ says in the Surah we all rush our Salah with,
وَ العَصْر
By time!
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
Surely mankind is in Loss.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
Except those who believe and do good and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
[103:1-3]
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Brothers and sisters!
This world was not made for you to fulfil your base desires, it was not made for you to enjoy yourselves and indulge in pleasure!
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Rather it was made for you to be tested on these very things, to be tested on how firm you remain upon لا اله الا الله و محمد رسول الله in the face of great temptation!
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As Allah ﷻ says
أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Do the people think that they will be left alone because they said “We Believe” and they won’t be tried
[29:2]
This is the test for those of us, living in relative comfort, bombarded with seduction and fulfilment of the desires
So we must be as Allah ﷻ says
قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا
They say “Our Lord is Allah” and then are steadfast
[46:13]
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Because the true adornment of this life, lies in the obedience of Allah ﷻ and his Prophet ﷺ.
Without it, there is no honour, there is no fulfilment,
Rather there is empty pleasure and temporary enjoyment succeeded by the fire
So adorn the blessings that you have been provided with,
اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهُ عَيْنَين
Have we not made for him two eyes
وَ لِسَانًا وَّ شَفَتَين
A tongue and two lips
وَ هَدَينَهُ النَّجْدَيْن
And shown him the two ways.
[90:8-10]
Meaning, The good and evil
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Oh you!
Use your eyes to read the Book of Allah, to read Books on Islam and to cry before Allah!
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Moisten your tongue and lips with the Kalam and the Dhikr of Allah ﷻ!
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You were not shown the path to Jannah or Jahannam for you to remain Idle in your place, still and inactive!
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As Allah ﷻ says
وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الإِنْسَ اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُون
And I did not create Jinn or Mankind except to worship me.
[51:56]
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So make use of this life, make it good for the sake of Allah ﷻ
So you may earn a good death,
And an eternal life of Bliss as reward for your effort!
And the pleasure of Allah ﷻ is greater in reward than the promised Jannah
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For if you don’t,
اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Surely Jahannam lies in wait.
[78:21]
And if you do:
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
[79:4]
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May Allah grant us goodness and easy and enter us into His Jannatul Firdaus.
آمِيْن
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