Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
~ 17 ~
acknowledge? The obvious and unanimous answer
to this is death. Death is a reality to which everyone,
big or small, great or humble, has to reconcile
himself. Everyone realizes that death can overtake
one at any moment, but whenever this thought
takes shape, people think only of what will happen
to their children after they die, and what domestic
and financial arrangements they should make for
them. So much of their time is spent in safeguarding
their children’s interests in this life, that they make
no efforts to ensure themselves for the life beyond
the grave. They do not appear able to project their
minds beyond the point of death. They behave as if
only their children will survive them; as if they
themselves will be non-existent and will, therefore,
have nothing to prepare for.
People behave as if they are totally unaware of the
fact that there is a life after death, whereas, in fact,
the real life only commences after death. If they
could only realize that when they enter the grave, it
is not just to be buried, but to be ushered into
another world, their concern would be more for
their own fate than for their children’s future. Even
those who expect to find a life after death more
