In order that the life of the world would not be loved, the remembrance of the Day of Judgment is necessary.
But you thought that We should not appoint a tryst for you’.” “And they shall be presented before your Lord in ranks, (and Allah says:) ‘You have come to Us, as We created you upon the first time.
“And (remember) the day We shall set the mountains in motion, and you will see the earth a leveled plain and We muster them nor shall We leave out any one of them.”Ĥ8. The concept of the phrase ‘the everlasting good works’ is so vast that it envelops any thought, idea, speech, and deed which is righteous and praiseworthy.Īnd, naturally, this effort remains and its effects and favours reach the members of societies, such as science, industry, good children, the buildings of a mosque, hospital, and school, and also religious and useful publications like: the commentary of the Qur’an, the traditions of Ahl-ul-Bayt (as), and so on. “…and the everlasting good works are better with your Lord in reward and better in expectation.” Therefore, in this holy verse, Allah has defined the position of the wealth and the power of man, which are two main pillars of the life in this world. “Glory be to Allah, and praise belongs to Allah, and there is no god save Allah, and Allah is the greatest.”Īnd, in some other traditions, it is said that the objective meaning of this holy phrase is ‘The five statutory prayers’, while some others denote that it is ‘the night prayer’, while some other traditions indicate that the purpose of it is ‘the love of Ahl-ul-Bayt’. In Islamic traditions recorded by both the Sunnite and the Shi‘it, it is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (S), and by the Shi‘it again narrated from the Imams of Ahlul-Bayt (as), that the purpose of ‘the everlasting good works’ is the four-hymns, i.e.: “Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of the world, and the everlasting good works are better with your Lord in reward and better in expectation.” 10, verse 24, and Surah Al-Hadeed, No.57, verse 20, too. “…and Allah is omnipotent over everything.”Ī similar meaning to this verse, with some more details, is recited in SuraYunus, No. Therefore, Allah commands His Messenger in this verse to set forth to the people a parable in order that he attracts their attention from the world to the Hereafter. “O’ he who the world has made busy to itself! Beware that the long various wishes of the world have made you proud.” Addressing human beings, in a tradition narrated from Ali-ibn-Abitalib (as), he says: In this course, whatever remains, of course, is the man’s righteous deeds. Verily, the world is like a rootless plant which grows with a little rain and dries with a slight wind. This statement has been said in order that it becomes a warning for haughty people who are neglectful of Allah. The containing words of this verse are upon the plants and pleasantness of the earth, and, then, the appearance of the Divine Wrath which caused them to be burnt into ashes. “And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth mingle with it, and then becomes dry twigs that the winds scatter and Allah is omnipotent over everything.”