"LIFE SPAN"

Life Span

This is a bench in a garden; people come, sit for a while and go away.

To quote from a short story; by Shaukat Thanvi (Urdu Short story writer around 1950)

A group of Memon shopkeepers (Memon is a business community in Pakistan) sat for some time, discussed about their business and went away.

Then came a group of students, discussed about their studies and went away.

Then came a group of Ayas (maid servants for babies) with babies in the perambulator, talked about their babies and their madams, and returned to their houses.

Allah said, “Go down, (to earth) there you shall live and there you shall die, and from there you shall be raised again.”

(Surah Al-Araf 24-25)

This directive is applicable to all descendants of Adam and Hawwa (Eva), who will come in this world till the Day of Judgment, when they will be resurrected, good deeds will be rewarded and sinful deeds will result in punishment.

LET US PONDER ARE WE READY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY?

"Wealth What For"

“Wealth what for”

Qur’an says;

“Wealth is a means of sustaining life”.          

(Al-Qur’an Chapter 04 Verse 05)

To sustain life every living person needs Food, Clothing and Shelter. Let us see how much is needed to satisfy these needs.

FOOD

           

Be it a sumptuous feast or simple meal A man can partake only a limited of food.

CLOTH

The purpose of cloth is to adorn body and protect from the harshness of weather.  One may have   Wardrobe full of costly garments, but one can wear only one suit of clothes at a time is it costly suit or simple dress.

   

SHELTER 

In other words house. A family needs house to live in and be safe therein. An average family of 5 persons needs a living space of approximately 1000 sq. feet.

A single story house adequately fulfills this need. A palatial house is a status symbol. 

   

SLEEP

Qur’an specifies Day for engaging in pursuit of economic activities and Night for sleep.

A man needs only 6’x4’ space for sleeping. Be it a King Size Bed or simple cot does not need more than 6’x4’ feet for sleeping; only dust is gathered on surplus space.

(Al-Qur’an Surah Al-Naba’ 78/09-11)

    

Mr. Saleem Aftab a businessman once remarked “Say today I Have 5 Crore Rupees (50 million) and next year my wealth increases to 7 crore Rupees (70 million) what difference it will make for my person. I shall still be partake a limited amount of, wearing only one pair of garment at a time and needing only a limited space for sleeping.

JUST PONDER, JUST PONDER, AND JUST PONDER!

Share your wealth with your family, and the needy,  you will feel happiness which words cannot express.