What means stayed in world a little while?
Mu` meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah`s Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Janab brother
Burhan, Assalam alaikum,
May Allah reward you
for your work. I was reading meaning of Quran and got confused on the verse 52
or Bani-Israel
"On the Day when
He will call you, and you will answer (His Call) with (words of) His Praise and
Obedience, and you will think that you have stayed (in this world) but a little
while!"
I heard that there will be azab in the grave to
unbelievers so why they will think on the day of qayamat that they stayed in
this world for a little while?
Jazak Allah khair!
Regards
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Answer:
What means stayed in the world a little while
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The
punishment of the grave is in the life after death in a state called
‘barzakh’. The aayah you have quoted
of Surah Bani Israel pertains to actual life of the Hereafter, after the Day of Judgement. When we are all given life again in the
Hereafter, it will become evident to
each and every one that the life of the Hereafter is eternal and will never
ever end! And when one compares the
time ahead of him in the eternal life of the Hereafter to the time one has
spent in this transient world, he will
realize that he did indeed spend only a little while in this transitory world.
The same situation is described
by Allah Subhanah in another Surah of the Holy Quran:
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 23 Surah Muminoon verses 112-116:
112 He (Allah) will say: "What number of years
did ye stay on earth?"
113 They will say: "We stayed a day or part of
a day: but ask those who keep account."
114 He will say: "Ye stayed not but a little if
ye had only known!
115 "Did ye then think
that We had created you in jest and that ye would not be brought back to Us
(for account)?"
116 Therefore exalted be
Allah the King the Reality; there is no god but He, the Lord of the Throne of Honor!
When one understands the reality
of the eternity of time of the Hereafter,
and especially if one witnesses that eternity of Truth right in front of
his very eyes on the Day of Judgement;
he will undoubtedly bear witness that he stayed in the world only for a
short while!
And a basic and simple
comparison of time can easily be made when one understands from the Holy Quran
that just the Day of Judgement itself will last for 50,000 years as we reckon
time! Compare that to the average age
of 65 years for a human being; and 65
years suddenly seems like a little while compared to 50,000 years! And that is just the time-span of the One
Day of Judgement; beyond that time is
the eternal life of the Hereafter in the Gardens of Bliss in Paradise, or in the dungeons of Hell Fire!!!!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 70 Surah Maarij verses 1-4:
1 A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
2 the Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off
3 (A Penalty) from Allah Lord of the Ways of
Ascent.
4 The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in
a Day, the measure whereof is (as)
fifty thousand years:
May
Allah save you and us all from the torment of the Hereafter.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows
Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
