Man will find himself standing on the verge of Hell

Man will find himself standing on the verge of Hell

1986 12 December 16 Man will find himself standing on the verge of Hell (26) This was the first sermon the Prophet delivered on reaching Medina: “People, send forth for the future; you will surely reap the fruits of your actions.”

What a Loss

1986 12 December 16 What a Loss (275) “Tell them the story of a person to whom We gave Our signs but he evaded them; Satan followed after him and made him of the transgressors. If We had wished We should have elevated him thereby but, with his propensity for earthly things, he followed his desires” (Quran, 7: 175-176).

This verse of the Quran shows what it is to follow guidance. It is to set oneself in search of a higher purpose. But, rather than commit themselves to such a path, people tend to seek baser goals. For the sake of temporal profit, they incur eternal loss.

Through the Prophet Mohammed, Almighty God was to open a new age. His mission was to end the age of polytheism and make monotheistic thought predominant for all time. Involvement in this divine scheme entailed a good deal of self sacrifice, and many people were not ready to make this sacrifice. It presented an obstacle to them in following the Prophet. Other involved themselves in God’s scheme initially, but when the time came for them to sacrifice their own desires and suppress their egoistic urges, they were unable to do so. To save themselves, they abandoned the divine cause. This is what happenned in the Prophet’s day, and the same thing happens in every day and age.

What a perverse creature man is. God brings clear signs before him, but he does not acknowledge them. God opens to him an avenue to high stations, but he is unable to travel beyond the restricted world of his own interests. God wishes him to serve a great cause, but all he does is serve his own paltry self.