Life Death and Beyond

The average lifespan of a human being today may be around 70 years. Nobody of course knows when he will die. Consciousness of this fact ought to be enough to make every worldly pleasure lose its attraction for us. When we are truly aware of the reality and inevitability of death, wealth, power, and fame, all begin to appear ultimately meaningless. If someone once derived malicious pleasure in backbiting others, in character assassination and in gossiping, a living conviction about the reality of death will make him realize the utter futility of these negative actions. He will now know that such actions will only harm him—in this world and in the Hereafter. Finally, the Grave The Quran (102:1-2) expresses a general fact about people in these words: “Greed for more and more distracted you [from God] till you reached the grave.” Many people make the amassing of as much material wealth as they can the sole purpose of their life. They remain fully engrossed in this activity until, suddenly, death arrives. Then, they depart from this world lamenting that they failed to obtain what they had set as their target. The fact of the matter is that as far as our real needs are concerned, there is a limit to the wealth or money that we require. But when wealth for the sake of wealth itself becomes the purpose of life, there is no limit whatsoever. If you want to earn only so much wealth as you require to fulfil your needs,