The society in which the laws and regulations of Allah (SwT)...

The society in which the laws and regulations of Allah (SwT) are put into practice is a good society and that society which lacks Allah (SwT) is one in which whatever angle and aspect we look at them from, we see (spiritual) sicknesses and immorality.

If there was no concept of a next life involved (for those who do not believe in Allah (SwT)) - which definitely exists for some people - then even for the life of this world, mankind should still be compelled to follow the orders of Allah (SwT), since it is by following the commandments set by Him that give a person character and elevate his status.

Just imagine a person whose tongue, eyes and all of his body parts are free and not under any sort of control, such that they permit him to perform any wrong act. Compare such a corrupt person with one whose tongue, eyes, heart and entire presence are spiritually aware (of Allah (SwT)) and the Last Day. Naturally, you would develop a stronger attraction to the person who is spiritually cleansed and an aversion to the first sort of person.

The first person has removed the covering of obedience of Allah (SwT) from his own heart and has turned into a Fasiq or an open sinner. The word “ فسق” or Fisq comes in the meaning of: خُرُوجُ النَّبَاتِ عَنِ التَمْرَةِ. This means that the seed (of a date) has been taken out from the date and the seed or pit is no longer clothed or covered with the actual edible part of the date.

Similar is a person who is a Fasiq as the kernel of his existence has been removed from him and all that remains is his physical shell. However it is a spiritually cleansed person who obeys the commandments of Allah (SwT) and thus covers himself with the obedience of Allah (SwT).

As for the words of the Prophet (S) in regards to the transient life of this material world, in many traditions we see that the human being has been compared to a traveller in which this world is one of the momentary or temporary sojourns of a person, whereas his final objective is the next life. This traveller is a person who is not in control of his trip and thus, we see that he was brought to this location, and in the end he will be taken away from this place (against his will).

At a resting place, the traveller would naturally prepare and gather the things that he would require in order to continue his journey. The trips and journeys that people took in previous times and those which are undertaken today differ drastically from one another.

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