I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim

[big]I learned that if I sell this life for the next, I will win both of them. But if I sell the next life for this, I will lose both of them.[/big]

We must plan for our hereafter carefully, we are going to spend the rest of our life there. No grave has a sign saying, "reserved for elders". So I have to be ready no matter how old I am. This world is like a shadow. If we try to catch it, we will never be able to do so. If we turn our back towards it, it has no choice but to follow us. Paradise is the fruit of a seed planted in this world. It is the retirement package that we save up in all our years of work.

[Quran 43:67]
[quote]"On that Day, friends will be enemies of one another, except for the righteous."[/quote]

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chrissykisses · 22-25, F

It's a fool who pays a dollar for a penny. You say the world is like a shadow and can't be caught, but it is real - you can touch it and feel it. The next world is a promise; and experience has taught me that promises are empty without action. Paradise is a gift you give to your children, not something that can be bought in the next life through suffering in this one.

You know what you can touch, what you can feel, what you can hear. Everything else is just noise. Be good, be kind, and demand kindness from others in return. If there is a God and he is good, he will show mercy upon you; if there is a God and he is not good, he is not worthy of your worship anyway. If there is no God, then there is no paradise, and it is the responsibility of all of us to create it here on Earth ourselves.

Madeleine · 41-45, F

@chrissykisses Thank you and I appreciate your thoughts. Who said that we should suffer in this life to be happy in the next? I used to think that this world would give me happiness, but then I realized that no matter how happy I am, this happiness is temporary. Paradise can never be created on this earth while it suffers pain and injustice. When I set my goal for the next life, I found the inner peace that I've been longing for my whole life. Living my life the way God commanded me and guided me to do made me happier than I've ever been. I feel free and I live for higher purpose than just wake up, work, eat, sleep and then wake up again. There's a consequence and a reward for every action I make. If you think you will find true happiness in this world, you are in the wrong place.

4thdimensiondream · 61-69, M

@chrissykisses extremely well said and refreshing to see someone in your age group having such open thoughts.

chrissykisses · 22-25, F

@4thdimensiondream Thank you, I appreciate your words!

Sueisright · 31-35, F

Very sad

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Sueisright · 31-35, F

We think we are better than nature which is just pure arrogance and ignorance

Madeleine · 41-45, F

@Sueisright I don't believe that Humans are better than nature, but we have been given qualities other creatures don't have. It's true that we have done terrible things on earth and to each other. That's why God sent revelations, it's to guide us to the right way of living. Plus, this is also the reason why there's The Day of Judgement, it's to enforce justice.

Sueisright · 31-35, F

Hope chat tomorrow must sleep sorry

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

You have nothing to sell. ALL are sinners.

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