Preoccupation With This Life Condemned;
بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌۭ وَلَهْوٌۭ وَزِينَةٌۭ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّۭا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَـٰمًۭا ۖ وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ ٢٠
[Know that this worldly life is no more than play and games, boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children. It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the disbelievers. But then the plants turn into useless hay and are blown away by the wind. In the Hereafter, there is either severe retribution or forgiveness from God and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary illusion].- [Surah Al Hadid/57: Ayat 20]
Success in the material world is not even the remotest indication that you will be redeemed to God, because all humans are placed on Earth under circumstances God wishes them to test them in.
Most people take God for granted and assume that just being nice, as per their own opinion of nice (which may be different from the next person), is enough and that will forgive them for anything and everything they do wrong.
But if your soul is not happy, you know in your heart something is missing. And if we don’t return to God’s path, the permanent loss or reward for the soul is unimaginable and irreversible. This should motivate you to want to do something about it.
Important: It is imperative for you to know that the Quran is neither a ‘Muslim book’ nor the exclusive preserve of any community just because it was revealed in a particular place or language. It is a universal book of assured guidance for anyone who chooses to let God guide him or her.
To take God’s guidance from the Quran, you do not need to know Arabic, nor change your name, religious lineage, cultural habits or anything like that. Submission to God can be practised independently and privately with direct accountability to God.
You must know that Submission to God is an active and joyous existence where you can laugh, sing, play, study, travel, marry, pursue various vocations, earn as much as you wish etc., as long as you remain devoted to God alone and do things righteously to please Him.
The Quran is your daily reference book to point out all your limits. Once you discard all your previous idols and decide to become a “Submitter” to God, He erases all your previous sins and puts you on the assured path to happiness and salvation.
