Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Reward of God
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THE REWARD OF GOD
Closeness to God should mean that He is ever in
one’s thoughts. Awareness of God’s greatness
should reduce one’s own being to insignificance.
Heaven and hell should be so much a part of faith,
that one should be more concerned with well-being
(or affliction) in the after-life than one’s condition in
the present world. On so high a spiritual plain
should one be that one’s faults should begin to
appear in the same light as an enemy’s. Personal
prejudice should play no part in decision-making
and even those with whom one disagrees, or
against whom one bears some grudge, should be
prayed for from the heart. Denial of truth should be
seen as self-destruction and destroying another’s
home should be regarded as tantamount to setting
one’s own home ablaze. Such is the God-fearing life
and only those who lead it will be given a place in
God’s paradise.
To His true servants in this world, God has
promised supremacy. But this is not the real reward
for their piety; it is merely a forerunner of the true
recompense which will await them in eternity. It is
