Seriousness about Life

In the present world, every person builds a world of his own. But very soon, the time comes when death strikes and totally destroys this world. Death is synonymous with the complete nullification of the world that we spend our lives here constructing.

Given this, if one is a realistic person, remembrance of death will be enough for his reformation. It will demolish his hankering after this world, making him someone who is completely oriented to the Hereafter. The root of all evils in the world is just one—and that is, to think without remembering the reality of one’s death. And the source of all goodness is awareness of the fact that we will have to die, one day or the other, and then will appear before God, where we will have to give a complete account of our brief sojourn in this world to Him.

Heedlessness of death makes a person frivolous. Awareness of death makes a person serious about life to the utmost. Consciousness of the fact of death demolishes feelings of disobedience to God and rebelliousness. It reminds a person that he is just a helpless creature. It cuts people down to size. It snatches away all misplaced feelings of superiority and greatness and makes one modest to the utmost. Awareness of the fact that one day we will have to die, after which we will have to face God and give an account of our life on Earth, is the most potent means for our reform. It makes us take our every moment seriously and spend it in the most responsible way.