Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Excerpts from the Holy Qur’an, an Eternal Guidance to Mankind World, Materialism Life span of this world as compared to the span of the Hereafter Surah Ar – Rum, 30:55 وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ كَذَلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ Wa Yawma taquumus-Saa-‘atu yuqsimul-mujrimuuna maa labithuu ghayra saa-‘a: kazaalika kaanuu yu’-fakuun! He it is who will cause you to die, and in time will resurrect you.
And when the Last Hour dawns, those who had been lost in sin will swear that they had not tarried (on earth) longer than an hour: thus were they wont to delude themselves (all their lives)! Surah Al – ‘Ankabut, 29:64 وَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ Wa maa haazihil-hayaatud-dunyaaa ‘il-laa lahwunw-wa la-‘ib? Wa ’in-nad-Daaral-’Aakhi-rata lahiyal - Hayawaan. Lau kaanuu ya‘-lamuun.
“And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and play; and as for the next abode, that most surely is the life, did they but know. In this Divinely question two points are clear. One is that ‘life is a fact’ and the other is ‘it has a purpose’. Studying the purpose of life leads you towards the ‘fact of this worldly life’. In many places the Holy Qur’an has made this point clear by giving examples of the past historic events.
Wealth of Shaddad and Fir’aun (Pharoah) and persons of the categories perished. They left this world with their own deeds and they are tasting what they have done in this world. The materialistic world has dragged mankind in the race to unlimited desire, to achieve more and more which results in a disgraceful life of homicide, genocide, drugs, child abuse, women abuse, and all family and social misbehaviour.
Islam is undoubtedly the only solution for these problems, for, it teaches not only about this worldly life’s achievements, but it also teaches mankind to be God conscious (Taqwa). Man’s obsessment and attachment to this life Surah At – Takathur, 102:1-8 أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ’Al-haa-kumut- Takaathur 1. You are obsessed by greed for more and more حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ Hat-taa zurtumul-maqaabir. 2. until you go down to your graves. كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ Kal-laa sawfa ta‘-lamuun. 3.
Nay, in time you will come to understand! ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ Thum-ma kal-laa sawfa ta‘la-muun 4. And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand!