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In the Pursuit of Wealth Part 2
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah Most-Compassionate, Most-Merciful
For what price do we sell ourselves for this dunya? This was a question that I became intensely interested in increasingly, particularly as I witnessed more and more people becoming occupied with the dunya and its acquisition. Allah subhanhu wa ta’ala asks the same question in the Qur’an, but is also unequivocal about the position of those who sell their lives for the sake of the dunya:
بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْاْ بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِمَا أنَزَلَ اللّهُ بَغْياً أَن يُنَزِّلُ اللّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَاء مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَبَآؤُواْ بِغَضَبٍ عَلَى غَضَبٍ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ
“Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that they deny (the revelation) which Allah has sent down, in insolent envy that Allah of His Grace should send it to any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith”. (Qur’an, Al-Baqarah 2:90)
Miserable indeed is the price for more than one reason. Read the rest of this entry »
