الوضع الليلي
0
Love of the World
2:27:34 2024-07-18 1808

The best definition of this vice and the "world" condemned therein is to be found in the following verse of the Holy Quran:

Decked out fair to mankind is the love of lusts-women, children, stored-up heaps of gold and silver, horses of mark, cattle and tillage. That is the enjoyment of the life of the world; but Allah-with Him is the fairest resort. (3:14)

It must be kept in mind that all the things mentioned in this Quranic verse, being Divine blessings, may not be condemned. Moreover, proper use of Divine blessings is also not an unworthy thing to do. However, what is undesirable is becoming attached to these things, and giving them a fundamental significance in one's life-an emphasis which may exceed even that given to Allah. But if these things do not take the place of Allah and were to be used as means of attaining self-development and acquiring nearness to Allah, not only this is not objectionable but highly desirable. Therefore, the condemnation and praise of the world that we come across in the Quran or hadith relate to the kind of use the world and its things are put to. If someone makes the world his idol, and is engulfed in worldly hopes to such an extent that he forgets Allah and the Hereafter, or sells the Hereafter for the world (2:86)-to use a Quranic expression-then we can say that such a man has fallen victim to the disease of the "love of the world." One Prophetic hadith delineates the features of the lovers of the world in these words:

One who wakes up with his whole attention directed towards the world is cut off from Allah, and Allah shall make four qualities to accompany him: endless sorrow, never ending occupation, a neediness which is never relieved, and a hope which is never achieved.

In order to cure this disease one must meditate on the fact that the good things of the world are transitory, and what remains for man are spiritual attainments, nearness to Allah, and the efforts made in preparation for the Hereafter.

Foresight   2026-03-24
Reality Of Islam

MOST VIEWS

Importance of Media

9:3:43   2018-11-05

Illuminations

friendship

2:13:43   2022-05-27

hud & his people

7:45:39   2018-06-21

people types

1:34:8   2022-02-01

do not burn out

2:34:48   2022-01-18

anti racism

9:30:2   2021-11-12

different roles

9:42:16   2022-10-19

educators

9:50:37   2023-02-28



IMmORTAL Words
LATEST Skin Damage May Begin Long Before You Can See It Harvard Researchers Turn Ordinary Knitting into Programmable Technology More Than 1,500 Ships Could Carry a Marine Crisis Around the World American Heart Association Reveals How Much Coffee Is Safe for Your Heart A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way to Store Light A Hidden Source of Metal-Mining Emissions Could Be 10x Larger Than Estimated Yawm al-Indhār (The Day of Warning) The Prophet with His Grandfather, Abdul Muttalib The Development of Your Child During the First Year Screen Time at Ages 1 and 6 Linked to Lasting Learning and Memory Effects Underwater Drones Find Dead Coral Reefs Teeming with Life The Secret Mission and Abū Dhar al-Ghifārī’s Conversion to Islam