Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 653 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (651) | Most people who know the affairs of this world are heedless of the afterlife
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Most of those who are knowledgeable about worldly affairs are heedless of the Hereafter.
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Most of those who possess knowledge and expertise in worldly matters are heedless of the Hereafter and stray far from it.
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You see them either as polytheists worshipping idols, like the Japanese who worship Buddha,
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or among the People of the Scripture who associate partners with Allah, or atheists who deny the existence of a Creator, like many scientists in Europe and America.
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Allah the Exalted spoke the truth when He said:
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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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It is assumed that advancement in worldly sciences would guide them to believe in the Creator of the universe,
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and to realize the purpose of their creation, as the Exalted says:
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“We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over all things?” (41:53)
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“We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over all things?” (41:53)
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Yet this is only the state of those among them whom Allah has granted success in finding guidance, and they are but few.
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Their faith, in that case, becomes firm, stemming from the realization of the evidence of the Truth within the universe.