بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says in Surah Al Inshiqaq,
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ ﴿٦
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it. (6) [Quran, Inshiqaq 84:6]
Allah is saying that all of us are working extremely hard towards Him. All our efforts are in different directions and we might not realize that we are heading towards Him whether we like it or not.
Allah is teaching us that life is full of labor, toil and struggle. That was how it was designed to be for Muslims or non Muslims. All human beings are supposed to be in labor. The only difference is Allah gives us the gift of Iman (Faith) and equips us with all the tools that we can develop our Iman. Then this toil and struggle amounts to something.
A person might work and live a comfortable and luxurious life and another person might work harder but only manage to survive. We might see someone as being significant perhaps because of his title or perhaps because he is the main contributor for a certain charity while another person might be the one who picks up our garbage everyday or a janitor for our masjid or office but he is invisible and insignificant to us. At some point they will be asking what do this all amounts to. What Islam does is it gives life purpose.
Abu Hurairah narrated regarding the story of the black woman who used to clean the mosque. The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam asked about her, and he was told that she had died. He said to them, “Why didn’t you inform me of her death?" It seems that they regarded her as an insignificant person. The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said: “Show me her grave." They showed him her grave and he offered the funeral prayer for her.’ Agreed upon. Muslim added in his narration, ‘Verily, those graves are full of darkness for those buried in them. Allah, the Almighty, will illuminate them for their dwellers by my prayer over them"
Because of the view of the Hereafter, nobody lives an insignificant life. Allah created everybody for a purpose. So we don't live life as if we are going to live forever. Just as the day is going to come to conclusion, this world and our lives are coming to conclusion. We can't do anything about that but we can work for the sake of no one except Allah, starting today until we meet Him.
May Allah make our meeting with Him the best of meetings. Aameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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