Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective
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danā
is something that’s closer or something that’s lower. Al-dunyā is the superlative form, the most extreme form. So what that means is: ‘Give them the example of the lowest possible life’. You see human beings were created for jannah . Our first residence was jannah and we were brought to this place. We were brought to this earth and even though Allah’s earth is full of blessings for us, as Allah himself teaches us, our life is actually meant for something much higher. As great as this world is, it’s still the lowest form of life— al-dunyā . This is the minimal level. Give them the example of this life that they get so caught up in. So what example does Allah decide to give us in this beautiful āyah ? He says: wa-ḍrib lahum mathal al-ḥayāt al-dunyā ka-mā’ —and before I discuss this parable it’s important to know that the word mathal is different from mithl . Sometimes Allah uses mithl, sometimes He uses mathal . Mathal is used when every part of the example Allah will share has a lesson in it. Mathal is multi-dimensional. There are multiple things to learn in a mathal . In mithl , there is only one comparison: huwa mithluhu —he’s like him. That’s it. It’s a one to one analysis but in a mathal , it’s a multi-dimensional thing. You have to look at it and pay attention to every little detail. So Allah begins describing your life and mine. First, He tells us that this life is the lowest one—don’t get so caught up in it. The benefit of that is we don’t get too attached to this dunyā . The joys of this world and the tragedies of this world are difficult. The tragedies are difficult to deal with; the joys are not. It’s not easy for you not to get overworked about them, but if you can keep in mind that this is temporary and something much bigger is ahead, then this problem becomes a small problem. Just to give you an example of what I am talking about before I go into Allah’s example: if you and your brother have an argument—you have a fight with each other—and you are blood brothers, siblings. You live next door to each other but you got into a fight, now you don’t talk to each other. It’s been a couple of months and you haven’t talked to each other. But one day you wake up, and your house is on fire, you can smell the smoke; and obviously your houses are attached. So if your house is on fire, what’s the danger? His house is on fire too. What are you going to do? Are you going to say: ‘I’m not going to tell him, I haven’t talked to him in three months it’s going to be awkward if I knock on his door and say, “Hey bro, I know we haven’t talked but the house is on fire.” Nah, forget them’. No! There is a bigger problem, when there is a bigger problem you forget the smaller problem. It’s no longer a problem, ‘Come on, let’s go! Let’s go!’ So what happens? When there is a bigger thing ahead, there’s a bigger danger ahead, then all your problems disappear, because you have to deal with the bigger thing. Our understanding of the ākhirah is just like that. We have issues with each other, but when we realize that there is a bigger danger you and I have to face—it’s yawm al-qiyāmah — when you keep that in mind, then our problems become small. Our problems are easy to resolve because there is a bigger more prioritized thing ahead of us that we have to worry about. So now Allah says: Yüklə 1,66 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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