Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 19
19 in Gardens of Eternity; then why does a person who believes in life after death not work a thousand times harder for the life in the h ereafter , than he does for fifty or sixty years of worldly life? Even i f one has to bear hardships in this life to ensure that one’s h ereafter is better , w hat value does this life hold when compared to the h ereafter? That hereafter is eternal, while this life is at the most fifty to sixty years or seventy to eighty years long. The value of this life compared to the next does not even hold as much value as a minute holds within the life of fifty or sixty years. Is there anyone in th is world who is distres sed by one minute’s hardship? Especially if he knows that after this one minute of difficulty, the rest of his life will be trouble free. Then what kind of person is he who gives precedence to the problems of this life and rejects the life of the hereafter? Lack o f Belief in t he Afterlife The truth is that Muslims do not fully believe in life after death because they do not study the Holy Qur’an. They verbally acknowledge it, but their actions reveal that they do not truly have any faith in the life hereafter. It is for this reason that in their eyes, actions are worth less. They feel it is enough only to act if an opportunity arises, otherwise God is the most Forgiving, and He will certainly forgive our faults. W ithout a doubt, our God is the most F orgiving God, but our God is not the destroyer of our faith. If we refuse to carry out the commandments of God Almighty whilst firmly believ ing in His forgiveness , it becomes the cause of destroy ing our faith. God Almighty has explicitly stated in the Holy Qur’a n that a fter death, t he true believer s will see God Almighty. However, it says that [a believer’s] s ight will be prepared in th is world. In other words , the believer’s rig hteous deeds of this life will endow him with the sight to see Allah in the next life. Thus, it is not a matter of forgiveness ; rather it is the matter of one’s eye sight with which he will see God. If one does not possess the sight to see God Almighty , then how will they se e God Almighty ? God Almighty clearly states i n the Holy Qur’an : َﻣ ۡﻦ َﻛ ﺎ َن ِۡيف ٰﻫ ِﺬ ٖۤھ َا ۡﻋ ٰﻤ ﻲ َﻓ ُﻬ َﻮ ِيف ا ٰۡﻻ ِﺧ َﺮ ِۃ َا ۡﻋ ٰﻤ ﻲ [ “ But whoso is blind in this world will be blind in the Hereafter. ” ] ( Holy Qur’an , Ch. 17 : V. 73 ) The one who is blind in this life will be blind in the hereafter also. This does not mean that the person who is physically blind in this life will