Zakir Naik – Life is a Test
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Allah mentioned in the Quran in sulai, Iran, chapter number three,
verse number 31 the prophet has commanded to say that all those
who love Allah follow me, for Allah will love you, and Allah
will forgive you.
Now, if he analyze that we human beings, we too, love the other
human beings. We love our parents, our father and mother. We love our
wives. We love our children. And the reason we love them,
basically, is because these people, these human beings, have
done certain favor on us.
For example, we love our mother because she bore us in a womb for
nine months, she took care of us in childhood, she brought us up.
We love our brothers, either they have given us something or we want
something from them. We love the human beings.
So in that context,
if we calculate
the favors Allah has done on us, Allah says in the Quran
in sribrahim, chapter number 14, verse number 34 that if you count
the favors of ALLAH SubhanA wa taala, you will not be able to add
them up. So imagine if we love our parents for the few things I've
given us, how much we love Allah subhana wa taala,
and the love differs. We human beings. We will love animals.
We love human beings also, but the love of the animals that the human
beings have is different on a different level, as compared to
the love that we have for the human beings. Similarly, the love
for Allah, subhana wa Taala
is on a different level as compared to the love we have for
the human beings. It is far superior. It is far more on a
higher platter. It
is mentioned in the Quran. In surah, Fatiha, chapter number one,
verse number five, yakana, Abdu wa yakan, stain, they alone. We
worship they alone. We ask for help. We have to only worship Him,
and no one else. Allah says in surah Kahf, chapter number 40,
verse number 60, you ask me, and I will answer your prayer. Allah
says in surah baqarah, chapter number two, verse number 180, 6o,
messenger, when they ask you about Me, tell them I am near to them,
and I will answer their prayers.
So all worship should only be done to Allah, Subhanahu wa taala, and
no one is. He is the only one who deserves the worship, and no one
is now, let us analyze the purpose of creation from the perspective,
from the perspective of human beings, that what is the purpose
of existence in this world?
God created us.
We came in this world. What is our requirement?
What is our purpose of existence?
And Allah gives the reply
in Surah mukh, chapter number 67 verse number two, Allah says,
Allah Hayata, it's Allah who has created death and life to test
which of you is good. Indeeds
Allah has created death and life to test which of his good indeeds
And Allah says in the Quran, in Surah Imran, chapter number three,
verse number 85
Allah says, Kulu NAFTA moth, every soul shall have a taste of death,
but the final recompense will be on the day of judgment. And anyone
who has been safe from the fire and enters the garden, he would
have achieved the objective of this world. For this world is
nothing but mere chapters of deception.
That means this life of ours in this world is a test for the
hereafter. If you obey the commandment of Allah, subhana wa
taala, in the next life, we'll get paradise. If you don't obey, we
will not get paradise. We go to *. So this life, the purpose of
existence, as Allah says, is the test for the Hereafter.
And Allah says in the Quran, in Surah and kabut, chapter number 29
verse number two,
that do you think just by saying we believe we will let you go, we
will surely test you. If you just say, I believe in Allah, I am a
Muslim. I am a Moomin. Do you think Allah will let you go finish
your test is over, Allah says, Don't you think we will test you
just by saying I am a Muslim, just by saying you are a believer, just
by saying, I submit my will to Almighty God, you will not go scot
free. Allah will surely test you. And Allah says in the Quran, in
Surah, Baqarah, chapter number two, verse number 155,
that surely we will test you
with fear and hunger, with loss of your lives and of the goods and
what you have accumulated in your life. And give glad tidings to
those who are patient. Allah says he will test everyone, either with
fear or with hunger or with loss of life or with goods or the
wealthy have accumulated. Allah will test you.
And Allah test different people in different ways, a.