[ 542 ] وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاْخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا...

[ 542 ] وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاْخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُوْلَئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ مَّشْكُوراً(( 19 )) 19- AND HE WHO INTENDS THE NEXT WORLD, AND STROVE HIS STRIFE FOR IT, BEING A BELIEVER, THEN THEY ARE THOSE WHOSE STRIFE SHALL BE THANKED. كُلّاً نُّمِدُّ هَؤُلاَء وَهَؤُلاَءِ مِنْ عَطَاءِ رَبِّكَ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُوراً(( 20 )) 20- WE HELP ALL THESE AND ALL THOSE BY THE GIFT OF YOUR LORD. AND THE GIFT OF YOUR LORD HAS NOT BEEN PROHIBITED (FROM ANY ONE).

انظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض وَلَلاَْخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَات وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلا (( 21 )) 21- SEE HOW HAVE WE MADE SOME OF THEM TO EXCEL SOME OTHER, AND FOR THE NEXT WORLD, GRADES ARE GREATER, AND SO ARE (THE DIVERSITY) OF ITS RANKS. THE COMMENTARY THE WAY OF THOSE WHO SEEK HERE AND HEREAFTER (VERSE NO. 18 - 21) The first verse refers to those who are only after the enjoyments of this fast-moving mortal life, ignoring the life to come.

They prefer the transient and temporary things here, over the permanent and everlasting thing in the Hereafter. God has infinite Mercy and Grace, and will not prevent them their wishes, as far as it is allowed by His universal plan. In the whole existence, TIME is a relative matter, and eternity and infinite duration prevails. Therefore, transitory things of this life down here, in which we live on a probation, are of little worth and value.

And worst of that; is, to abtain the fleeting enjoyments, and momentary [ 543 ] pleasures, at the price of an eternal misery, and deprivation of God's Grace. Besides the Hell, which is the abode of those who do their best to obtain the advantages of this quick-passing life; They shall also be reproached by their own conscience, and by all.

Contrary to the above verse (NO.18), is the next one which refers to those whose eyes are fixed upon the next world which is everlasting and of infinite duration:ِ ``And he who intends the life to come, and strives doing his best for it, being a believer, they are of those whose strife shall be thanked.'' They too shall have their share of God's Bounty in this life, and yet their endeavours which are aimed at the life to come, are all accepted by Allah.

They try hard, because they know that mere wish and sheer desire, is not enough to obtain salvation. They have to back up their intention with labour and strife.

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