The Message of Life

Life is like a trial. This is the greatest reality of this world. And the secret of all our success is hidden in our willingness to acknowledge this truth, whether it pertains to the success of this worldly life or to the success of life in the Hereafter.

In the context of the present life vis-à-vis the life of the Hereafter, if things are bestowed upon an individual, regardless of what form they take, they are given for the sake of testing him and not as a reward for his merit. He should not, therefore, consider those things as his own, but rather as their belonging to God. At all events, they remain in a person’s possession only till his trial period is over. As soon as it is completed, everything will be taken away from him. Subsequently, he will be left only with his own good deeds and not with those things which he finds himself surrounded by today.

In this world, all men and women individually possess the same freedom. For this reason the world has become a field of competition. It is because all individuals are free that they, as separate entities and collectively as nations, are continuously in open competition with each other.

The reality is that in the present world, in order to be successful, all objectives have to be attained by vying with others. Here, it is only the one who comes first in the race of life, who seizes the advantage from his fellowmen. The one who achieves things here is the one who has the courage to forge ahead of others.

It must be borne in mind that, in the life Hereafter, those who seek the support of anyone other than the Almighty will find themselves to be valueless. Moreover, those who think here only in terms of prejudice and superiority will never be able to achieve any measure of distinction in this present world of competition and will never be able to attain any position of significance.