Mufti Menk – The Real Purpose Of This Life

In verse number 32 of Surahul An'am, Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us about the reality

of this life.

And this life of this world

is only but

play and amusement.

That's what it is. It is very temporary.

Have you ever sat and watched how people

are born?

They're young, they grow older,

they die and others are born. So where

did they go? So when I was on

earth,

wow, SubhanAllah, I'm alive. I see others.

They went. They were more powerful than I

was. They were more powerful than I am

right now. And SubhanAllah, they also went back

to Allah. Where did they come from and

where did they go?

SubhanAllah, the minimum I know is they were

with Allah. They're going back to Allah. In

the meantime, there was something about this Earth

that only Allah can explain to us. Allah

says it's an amusement and a pastime. That's

it. The real life. Do you want to

know what it is? Same verse, verse number

32, surahul an an'am

Allah says,

waladharul

akhiratu khairulillatheena

yattaqun,

indeed the life of the hereafter is better

for those who develop the correct relationship with

Allah, who are conscious of Allah. In another

verse, Allah says,

waladarulahiratu,

the the life or or the

abode of the hereafter

is everlasting.

SubhanAllah.

That is the one that is everlasting, the

real life.

This life we came into it knowing we're

going to die. That life we enter it

knowing we're never going to die. So which

one is more important? Allah says,

don't give preference to this life over the

everlasting life

while you are here temporarily. Yes, you will

enjoy yourself but within limits. You will do

a lot of good things, but within limits.

SubhanAllah,

you will still obey Allah's instruction and prepare

for the day you're going to meet with

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Prepare for the everlasting life in your temporary

life. While I'm here, I will be charitable.

I will worship Allah alone. I will try

my best to follow the messenger.

I will try my best to reach out

to as many as I can, and then

I will meet with Allah and He will

definitely forgive me and give me the best

hereafter, which is everlasting.

But if I was not conscious of it,

I never thought about where I came from

and where I'm going, then I'm the one

who's at a loss. If you want comfort,

you need to remember that at the end

of this life, there is definitely an everlasting

life. That will bring about a lot of

comfort.

Ponder over it and prepare for it.