“A” & “Q” ARE BACK ON THE TRACK [2]============== . Q: DESPITE OF OUR FIRM BELIEF IN ALLAH AND IN HIS PROPHET MUHAMMAD [ALAIHISSALAM (pbuh)] AS WELL AS DESPITE OF OUR SINCERE PRACTICING OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, WE SEE THE DISBELIEVERS AND ENEMY OF ISLAM ARE IN BETTER SHAPE AND STATUS IN TERMS OF WELL-BEING ON THIS EARTH – HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? . A: LOOK! OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ALAIHISSALAM) HAS ADVISED THE BELIEVERS IN ONE OF THE HADIS THAT A BELIVER SHOULD “LIVE LIKE A STRANGER OR A WAY FARER” ON THIS EARTH. AND ALLAH, THE ALMIGHTY, HAS WARNED IN HIS BOOK, AL-QUR’AN, TO THIS EFFECT THAT THOSE WHO DESIRE FOR THIS WORLD WILL GET SOME OF IT BUT THEY HAVE NO SHARE IN THE HEREAFTER. THAT MEANS NOTHING IS LEFT THERE FOR THEM BUT THE HELL FIRE. . REMEMBER! FOR A BELIEVER THIS WORLD IS LIKE A WORK-PLACE, AND FOR THE NON-BELIEVERS, SKEPTICS AND IDOLATERS IT IS LIKE A DELUSIVE PERMANENT ABODE. THE FACT IS, THE DISBELIEVERS AND SKEPTICS CANNOT LIVE PERMANENTLY BUT THEY THINK AND ACT SO AND THIS IS BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE SURE BELIEF IN HEREAFTER AND SO THEY HAVE NO SHARE IN THE MOST ENJOYABLE PERMANENT LIFE OF HEREAFTER, WHAT THEY HAVE THERE IS HELL FIRE. . AND FOR THE BELIVERS THIS LIFE IS LIKE A WORK-PLACE WHERE THEY WORK TO EARN THE CURRENCY OF HEREAFTER TO BUY THE PARADISE, THE MOST COMFORTABLE PERMANENT ABODE, WHERE HOUSES AND FURNITURES ARE MADE OF DIAMOND, GOLD AND SILVER AND ITS EARTH IS MAKDE OF ZAFRAN. THE PARADISE IS NOT FREE; AND HOW CAN IT BE FREE WHILE YOU SPEND THIRTY YEARS ON THIS EARTH TO PAY OFF A MUD-HOUSE (BRICK-HOUSE!), ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE SQUARE INCH OF THE LAND OF PARADISE IS MORE WORTHY THAN THE WHOLE WORLD AND WHATEVER IT CONTAINS; BECAUSE, EVERYTHING OF THIS WORLD IS PERISHABLE WHILE PARADISE IS ETERNAL. SO, ONE HAS TO BUY IT AND THE CURRENCY TO PURCHASE THE PARADISE IS “GOOD DEEDS” THAT WILL BE DONE ON THIS EARTH AS PER COMMANDS OF ALLAH AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF HIS PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ALAIHI SSALAM). AND REMEMBER, WORK-PLACE IS WORK-PLACE, YOU GO THERE TO WORK AND COME BACK HOME TO LIVE, YOUR HEART REMAINS AT HOME AND BODY GOES TO WORK; YES, YOU DO HAVE SOME NECESSITIES TO DO THERE AS WELL, SUCH AS, TAKING REST, GOING TO RESTROOM, HAVING LUNCH ETC., BUT YOU CANNOT BUILD AND DECORATE WORK-PLACE AS IF IT IS YOUR PERMANENT HOME. IF SOME ONE DOES THIS, THEN HE IS NONE BUT EITHER A CRAZY OR A STUPID PERSON. . NOW LET’S COME TO YOUR QUESTION AND CONCERN, NOTICE THAT AS PER VERSES 33-35 BELOW, THE DISBILIEVERS AND IDOLATERS WOULD HAVE MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE IN THIS WORLD, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE BELIEVING MUSLIMS MIGHT HAVE DISCARDED THEIR RELIGION IN GREED OF THE WORLDLY GAIN, ALLAH, THE ALMIGHTY, DIDN’T GIVE THE FULL SHARE OF THE DISBELIEVERS IN THIS WORLD. WHAT THEY GOT, THAT’S IT; IN THE HEREAFTER THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT HELLFIRE, PROVIDED THEY DIE WITH THEIR PRESENT DISBELIEF IN THEIR HEART. OF COURSE, IF THEY CHANGE THEIR WRONG BELIEFS AND SINCERELY ACCEPT AND PRACTICE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AND DIE ON THAT, THEN THEIR TREATMENT WITH ALLAH WILL BE SAME AS OTHER BELIEVING MUSLIMS. . I WOULD FINISH MY ADMONITION BY QUOTING THE SAYINGS OF MY LORD ALLAH AND WITH MY SUGGESTION TO YOU TO READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING VERSES OF QUR’AN WHERE THERE IS CLEAR AND ENLIGHTENED ANSWER FOR YOUR QUESTION. . وَلَوْلَا أَن يَكُونَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمَنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فَضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ (33 যদি সব মানুষের এক মতাবলম্বী হয়ে যাওয়ার আশংকা না থাকত, তবে যারা দয়াময় আল্লাহকে অস্বীকার করে আমি তাদেরকে দিতাম তাদের গৃহের জন্যে রৌপ্য নির্মিত ছাদ ও সিঁড়ি, যার উপর তারা চড়ত। And were it not that all mankind would have become of one community (all disbelievers, desiring worldly life only), We would have provided for those who disbelieve in the Most Beneficent (Allâh), silver roofs for their houses, and elevators (and stair-ways, etc. of silver) whereby they ascend, وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَابًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِؤُونَ (34 এবং তাদের গৃহের জন্যে দরজা দিতাম এবং পালংক দিতাম যাতে তারা হেলান দিয়ে বসত। And for their houses, doors (of silver), and thrones (of silver) on which they could recline, وَزُخْرُفًا وَإِن كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ (35 এবং স্বর্ণনির্মিতও দিতাম। এগুলো সবই তো পার্থিব জীবনের ভোগ সামগ্রী মাত্র। আর পরকাল আপনার পালনকর্তার কাছে তাঁদের জন্যেই যারা ভয় করে। And adornments of gold. Yet all this (i.e. the roofs, doors, stairs, elevators, thrones etc. of their houses) would have been nothing but an enjoyment of this world. And the Hereafter with your Lord is only for the Muttaqûn. وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ (36 যে ব্যক্তি দয়াময় আল্লাহর স্মরণ থেকে চোখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়, আমি তার জন্যে এক শয়তান নিয়োজিত করে দেই, অতঃপর সে-ই হয় তার সঙ্গী। And whosoever turns away (blinds himself) from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent (Allâh) (i.e. this Qur’ân and worship of Allâh), We appoint for him Shaitân (Satan ¬ devil) to be a Qarîn (an intimate companion) to him. وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ (37 শয়তানরাই মানুষকে সৎপথে বাধা দান করে, আর মানুষ মনে করে যে, তারা সৎপথে রয়েছে। And verily, they (Satans / devils) hinder them from the Path (of Allâh), but they think that they are guided aright! حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ (38 অবশেষে যখন সে আমার কাছে আসবে, তখন সে শয়তানকে বলবে, হায়, আমার ও তোমার মধ্যে যদি পূর্ব-পশ্চিমের দূরত্ব থাকত। কত হীন সঙ্গী সে। Till, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says [to his Qarîn (Satan / devil companion)] ”Would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts (or the east and west)” a worst (type of) companion (indeed)! وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ (39 তোমরা যখন কুফর করছিলে, তখন তোমাদের আজকের আযাবে শরীক হওয়া কোন কাজে আসবে না। It will profit you not this Day (O you who turn away from Allâh’s remembrance and His worship, etc.) as you did wrong, (and) that you will be sharers (you and your Qarîn) in the punishment. أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ (40 আপনি কি বধিরকে শোনাতে পারবেন? অথবা যে অন্ধ ও যে স্পষ্ট পথ ভ্রষ্টতায় লিপ্ত, তাকে পথ প্রদর্শণ করতে পারবেন? Can you (O Muhammad SAW) make the deaf to hear, or can you guide the blind or him who is in manifest error? فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ (41 অতঃপর আমি যদি আপনাকে নিয়ে যাই, তবু আমি তাদের কাছে থেকে প্রতিশোধ নেব। And even if We take you (O Muhammad SAW) away, We shall indeed take vengeance on them. أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْنَاهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ (42 অথবা যদি আমি তাদেরকে যে আযাবের ওয়াদা দিয়েছি, তা আপনাকে দেখিয়ে দেই, তবু তাদের উপর আমার পূর্ণ ক্ষমতা রয়েছে। Or (if) We show you that wherewith We threaten them, then verily, We have perfect command over them. فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِي أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ (43 অতএব, আপনার প্রতি যে ওহী নাযিল করা হয়, তা দৃঢ়ভাবে অবলম্বন করুন। নিঃসন্দেহে আপনি সরল পথে রয়েছেন। So hold you (O Muhammad SAW) fast to that which is inspired in you. Verily, you are on a Straight Path. [QUR’AN: 43: 33-43].
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:48:20 +0000
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