Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 1211 of 1251
Sunni concepts | Concept (1210) | The division between those who believe in today and the next and those who do not believe in it or ignore it
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The divergence between those who believe in the Last Day and those who do not, or are heedless of it.
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Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says:
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“They know only some appearance of the life of the world, and are heedless of the Hereafter.” (30:7)
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Consequently,
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A person who believes in the Hereafter and prepares for it can never align
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With another who lives only for this world and expects nothing beyond it.
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These two can never agree on the assessment of a single matter in this life,
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Nor on a single one of its many values.
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Nor can they agree on a single judgment regarding an incident, a situation, or any affair.
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For each of them has a different scale,
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Each has a different perspective,
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And each has a different light by which they view things, events, values, and circumstances.
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The former sees only the outward appearance of worldly life,
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While the latter perceives the connections and brilliance that lie beyond the surface,
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And the laws that encompass both the manifest and the hidden,
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The unseen and the witnessed, the worldly life and the Hereafter,
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Death and life,
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The past, the present, and the future,
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And the world of humanity and the greater universe,
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Which includes both the living and the non-living.