The Qur’an For All Humanity
Material Pursuit
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MATERIAL PURSUIT
You are distracted by worldly gain from the cradle
to the grave.
But no, you shall know. You shall before long come
to know.
Indeed, if you knew the truth with certainty, you
would see the fire of Hell: you would see it with
your very eyes.
On that day, you shall be questioned about the
pleasures you indulged in.
(The Qur’an 102:1-8)
Our world possesses a vast array of material things,
which are attractive and give comforts of
innumerable kinds. These are provided in this
world to test man and are not intended for his
pleasure. If man were to look at these things from
the point of view of his being tested, he would avail
of them only as a matter of necessity, and then too
would use them with the utmost care and
responsibility.
