Turning Loss into Gain

TURNING LOSS INTO GAIN Man’s life is divided into two phases. In the pre-death life, things are according to man’s needs. In the post-death period, things will be in accordance with man’s desires. T here are 114 Chapters in the Quran. Chapter 103 speaks of an important aspect of human life. The translation of this Chapter is as follows: “Time is a witness that man is in loss, except for those who believe and do good deeds and exhort one another to hold fast to the truth, and who exhort one another to steadfastness.” Here, “time” refers to human history. This Quranic verse gives a picture of the whole of human history. The verse was revealed in the first quarter of the seventh century, that is, the period before the modernday civilization. More than one thousand years before this development the Quran gave a sweeping remark that man has been in loss throughout human history. It is very strange that this statement proved to be true.