The World as Viewed by Islam We can group the verses of the...

First, let us look at the Qur’anic verses in this regard: 1 - There are some verses that blame the life of this world to be play and amusement as we read in the following verse: إِنَّمَا الحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ “The life of this world is but play and amusement.” [The Holy Qur’an, Muhammad 47:36] Also, consider the following verse: وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ “What is the life of this world but play and amusement?” [The Holy Qur’an, al-An’am 6:32] And the following verse: وَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ “What is the life of this world but amusement and play?” [The Holy Qur’an, al-Ankabut 29:64] And the following: اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ “Know ye (all) that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children” [The Holy Qur’an, al-Hadid 57:20] 2 – In the second group of verses the life of this world and its associated things are considered to be good and desirable as we read in the following verses using the Arabic word “Fadlihi”: وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةً فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ اللّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِن شَاء إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ “And if ye fear poverty soon will God enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty.