Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
What Man should Realize
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WHAT MAN SHOULD REALIZE
Man thinks he is free to do and say what he likes in
this world. He accumulates wealth and thinks it
will ensure his future security. He wields power
fearlessly, certain that it will never be taken away
from him. People are sure of themselves in this
world. They have no idea of the fate that is in store
for them. Eventually death will put paid to the false
security they feel in this world. They will be
transported in a helpless state with dreadful
suddenness to the next world.
No one can escape this fate. When death comes, we
will realize, with terror in our hearts, how wrong
we had been about things in this world. What
seems real to us in this world is, in fact, only a
deception; the reality of things will only be revealed
to us after death.
A person’s attitudes will suddenly change when he
perceives reality. “Lord,” he will cry, “I thought I
was free in the world, but my freedom was only an
illusion I thought I was rich, but I have turned out
to be destitute. I considered myself powerful, but
