Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Extraordinary Disillusionment
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EXTRAORDINARY DISILLUSIONMENT
Man has directed all his efforts towards mundane
objects. He is possessed by thoughts of food,
clothes, shelter, fame, wealth and happiness. His
attention is fixed on the attainment of these worldly
goals. He expends all his energy in striving after
them. If his efforts are successful, he is pleased. If
not, he becomes so discontented that his life is
ruined.
Death comes to show man that he is not destined to
be happy in this world. Even if one obtains all these
things in this world, one can only possess them for
a very short time. When, after decades of
unremitting struggle, man is at the peak of his
powers, death comes and puts paid to his career.
This shows that this world is not meant for the
fulfillment of one’s hopes and ambitions. The place
for their fulfillment is the eternal world in which we
are going to dwell after death. People, busy
preparing for their worldly future, have neglected
their eternal future. They overlook, in the next,
more complete life, the very goal which they have
