Points to Ponder — Page 34
— 34 stand. Her back was bowing. But to show that the death of her son was not a big deal to her, she laughed a fake hysterical l augh, saying, “If my son died, so what! He gave his life for the nation and the country. ” Despite that the observer of this incident was a German enemy, he writes that seeing that scene, his eyes swelled. Imagine that internally her sorrow to her was so great that it was difficult for her to keep standing but to show the observers she made a hard effort to get support from her stick, and said laughing, “It is not a big deal that my son has died. He died for his country. ” These are the people who are not promised a reward in the hereafter. They do not believe in life after death. Their lives pass telling others that there is no life after death. They make a sacrifice and they are not blessed with a celebration. But yet they do not avoid offering sacrifice. They do not ask , “Tell us, will we get a reward for this sacrifice or not? ” They know that the life of the nation is their life. Do not look at your sacrifices wondering whether they will benefit the person making the sacrifice. We should not look at the sacrifices with the point of view of how they will benefit us during our lives. Rather we should look at them with the viewpoint of a member of Aḥmad iyyat: If I do not see the day of celebration, but my nation sees that day of celebration one day, it is like I saw that celebration.