In a Totally Different Worldis to learn why God created us. We need to understand what the Creator’s creation plan is and then spend our life here in line with it, so that in the next world, after death

abstemious, and you will be the most devout of men. Be content with what you have and you will be the one most thankful to God. Desire for others what you desire for yourself, and you will be a man of faith. Be

less, for too much laughter deadens the heart.” (IBN MAJAH, SUNAN) Repentance is to be ashamed of what one has done “Shame is the stuff of repentance,” said the Prophet. Have dealings with men as if they

thinking, such as pride, superiority complex, selfishness, and an unrealistic approach. 36 Spirit of Islam Issue 32 August 2015 the help of others.’ This sense inculcates the greatest spiritual value in a

sort of spiritual satisfaction. They do not issue us any warning or stir us into any action. The Islamic perspective provided by the Prophet Muhammad is of an entirely different nature. The Prophet in his

answer, the train of life will go on its scheduled course and we shall be left standing, wondering what to do next and how to avert the disastrous consequences of our failure to get on board. It is, therefore

are sad about a loss you incurred in the past, you can logically address your mind by saying that what you lost is not returnable and you gain nothing by thinking about it. And, if the future is worrisome

person becomes to realize who he is and what his future is. “What is my life?” he asks. “What is my death? What do I need to do in the phase of life before death? What is going to happen with me in the phase

mutual loss and gain. Those who believe in God and do what is right shall be forgiven their sins and admitted to gardens watered by running streams I where they shall dwell forever. That is the supreme

is one who is victorious there. The standard of both loss and gain there is totally different from what it is in the present world. Victory and gain in this world are based on patently material things,

be astonished to see that here matters have been completely reversed. What people had considered gain was actually loss, and what people had considered loss by worldly standards was, in actual fact, gain

reality is what they can see with their own two eyes. If they were just to give the matter some earnest thought, they would become even more certain about what remains unseen than about what is visible

visible. What is the one reality that everyone has to acknowledge? The obvious and unanimous answer to this is death. Death is a reality to which everyone, big or small, great or humble, has to reconcile himself

any moment, but whenever this thought takes shape, people think only of what will happen to their children after they die, and what domestic and financial arrangements they should make for them. So much

atmosphere essential for the performance of dawah would vanish altogether. The sunnah of the Prophet of Islam testifies to this. Let us take an incident relating to Suhaib Rumi, who migrated from Makkah to Madinah