A BELIEVER'S WEALTH

Wealth is one of use only when it can solve the problems of life. The greatest problem of believers concerns the next world, so they consider real wealth to be that which will be of use to them there. In order to obtain such wealth, one should always be thankful to God for his blessings. 

One's attachment to God should be such that He is.always in one's mind and heart. If one has set one;s sights on life everlasting, one will prefer one's companion in life to be similarly disposed. There is no greater wealth in life than a partner who, instead of enticing one towards ephemeral, mundane pleasures, assists one on the path of eternity.

People see wealth in gold and silver, but a believer's wealth is God. That which brings him nearer to his Lord and makes him eligible for God's blessing in the life to come, is to him of supreme importance.

WHEN DEATH COMES

IF ONE CLOSES ONE'S EYES, THE WHOLE WORLD APPEARS DARK. EVERYTHING, FROM THE RADIANCE OF THE SUN AND THE LOFTINESS OF THE SKY TO THE VERDURE OF THE TREES AND THE SPLENDOUR OF THE CITIES, IS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS, AS IF IT WERE NOT THERE AT ALL.

THE AFTER LIFE IS ALSO AN ABSOLUTE REALITY WHICH WE CANNOT SEE, BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO A WORLD IN WHICH OUR VISION DOES NOT FUNCTION. AT THE TIME OF DEATH THE VEIL COVERING THE UNSEEN WORLD WILL BE REMOVED FROM OUR EYES AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GAZE ON THE WORLD OF ETERNITY. IT WILL BE LIKE HAVING ONE'S EYES CLOSED AND THEN SUDDENLY OPENING THEM.

IMAGINE THAT A BLINDFOLDED PERSON, TOTALLY UNAWARE OF HIS PREDICAMENT, IS MADE TO STAND IN FRONT OF A LIVE LION. SUDDENLY THE BLINDFOLD IS REMOVED. THE TERROR WHICH WOULD BE EXPERIENCED ON BEHOLDING A LION READY TO POUNCE ON HIM WOULD BE FAR EXCEEDED BY THE PANIC WHICH WOULD SEIZE HIM WHEN SUDDENLY CONFRONTED WITH THE WORLD WAITING FOR HIM AFTER DEATH.

A PERSON WHO, IN THE WORLD FINDS MANY KIDS OF SUPPORT, WILL SUDDENLY FIND THAT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO RELY ON. FRIENDS, A SOURCE OF CONSTANT COMFORT AND PLEASURE IN THIS WORLD, WILL HAVE DESERTED HIM. HIS OWN FAMILY, FOR WHOM HE HAD BEEN WILLING TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING WILL HAVE BECOME ALIEN TO HIM. MATERIAL RESOURCES, ON WHICH HE DEPENDED ENTIRELY, WILL BE OF NO USE. MATTERS ONE IGNORED AS TRIVIALITIES WILL SUDDENLY LOOM BEFORE ONE IN A FORM MORE SOLID THAN IRON ROCK. THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE PROP ON WHICH ONE CAN LEAN IN THE NEXT WORLD.