An obvious reaction to this verse is that when death is given, it is too late to be doing anything pertaining to understanding the purpose of one’s existence is concerned. There is no need to discuss on this because the spirit has already left the body, the conditions/creation has changed, responsibilities are lifted. Also, the life of this world reminds us what will happen in the next creation in a small scale on a temporary base i.e. we are given samples here of what the new creation must be like. Here, we utilize our freewill and make choices but in the new creation, we will not have to exercise our freewill anymore i.e. decide between right and wrong. What am I going to do with dealing with the wrong because everything will be so clear and there will be no point in making a choice. Whatever, we concluded from the usage of our freewill here, we will experience it in the new creation.
89: 24 “He is now saying, ‘Oh! If only I had prepared in advance for this my life!”
- The next creation is a type of creation where everyone will know who their Lord is and the Owner of their existence. It must be so. There is no temptation there by Satan (external inspiration).
What is external inspiration?
It is not within your nature but external to you. Also, you are free to listen to it.
Satan’s inspiration, as described in the Quran is external to my reality, more so it is external to my existence. Satan’s inspiration, by definition, has no existence. Satan inspires human beings and suggests human beings to make choice of X but X does not exist and has no reality. Like telling a lie which by definition of “lie” has no reality.
Metaphorically, Satan says let me stay in the way of the people who are going astray. Just like a fox makes a scheme to attack his/her prey. Similarly, Satan says that I will try to give all sorts of inspirations from front/back, left/right, which does not have any reality. Satan represents no reality. In the next creation, everything must be real, otherwise there would be no need to create another type of creation.
External means that X has no reality. Satan’s inspirations cannot be within human reality and have a real existence. That is why all the bad options do not come from the human beings, rather come from outside. However, I may choose to submit to it.
God describes human beings as perfect and honorable creatures. The bad deeds that we do is not from within us, rather it is from outside influences and has no reality. But we have the option to follow X that which does not exist. It is possible for me to tell a lie, not by mistake. If it is mistake, then it is not doing something wrong. Mistakes are forgivable but deliberately following and doing the wrong thing without investigating and getting evidence of the reality is insane.
Again, in the new creation, human freewill is not going to function to make choice between right and wrong because there will be no wrong. Human freewill functions in the next creation only to choose between right options, i.e. good things for the person as much he acknowledged what is right in this world. If there was a possibility of choosing wrong in the next creation, then there would be no need for the next creation. If this type of creation will be destroyed, then there must be another creation established on how everyone has prepared themselves. A new creation where everyone will experience how they have prepared themselves for. We must think of the options presented in this world. That is, until resurrection, Satan will keep up with his whisperings and try to deviate us/misguide us from the right/truth. After the day of resurrection, Satan is not going to fulfill its duty because after resurrection, there will be no way for us to make the right/wrong choice because there will be no wrong choice. On whatever basis you educated your feelings here, at that level you will be treated, that is what you deserve, no more no less.
This world is interesting and different from the next. So, how are we going to prepare ourselves in advance?
Comment: Wrong does not have an existence, there is only truth and you may choose to ignore or reject the truth.
Satan’s whisperings will not happen there because the truth will be clear. However, the next creation is not going to be static because in our nature we like things to be dynamic. We either confirm the truth or we do not confirm the truth. When we do not confirm the truth, then we are confirming something else, not the truth. Example: 2+2= 4 and if I am not confirming it then I must replace it with something else such as X or 2+2=3. That is a mistake but there is no such thing existing in the world that 2+2=3.
Comment: External things do not have a reality. I may choose 2+2=3
Everything here has reality as manifested beings, as reflections and created beings. If you say that there is no reality, then you must deny your existence. Freewill is not only to confirm or deny the reality but also it is used to choose between creation.
As we continue to do the mistakes more and more, it becomes an addiction and the addiction becomes stronger. We must watch out! If one keeps making the wrong choice, then it becomes so hard to go back that the man will say that if only I had never started to make this mistake. Another thing to remember is that the option for making repentance is always open for human beings.
- Repentance also needs to be done before it is too late. That is, you may repent but not give up your addictions. As soon as we remember that we are doing something wrong, we must admit it on the spot and turn back. That is what this verse is saying: “before it is too late, prepare yourself in advance”.
We must read the Quran here and now. I am not dead now. The verse is saying that it is not too late for you to repent and give up the wrong choice. The more you postpone something, the harder it becomes to quit. It is an excellent advice by our Creator! Death is the day on which everything will be too late. In other words, the moment you realize that you are doing something wrong, that is the time to repent and stop doing the mistake. Example: Let’s say that you remembered to take your umbrella with you. But you left your apartment without taking it. This shows us that as soon as we are reminded of something, we must act upon it before it is too late. Similarly, we must all take the speech of God seriously. Unfortunately, we do not take it seriously the way it should be. We should “study” the Speech of God. Whatever you take to be the Speech of God, take it seriously. That is what the Quran says. “Do not wait until you graduate because it may be more difficult then”. Example: A high school student may postpone studying the Quran until College saying that s/he will have more time then. When in College, the same student says that after graduation or hitting the job market, then s/he will study because of a steady schedule/routine. That is how we mislead ourselves.
- Ask yourselves: How many hours do I have in my day to study, concentrate and relate the Speech of God to my life? That is the most difficult task!
How many of you see the relevance of the Speech of God into your life and change your life slowly, not at once? Is there anyone experiencing this? It is very difficult! Let’s say that you have a couple of free hours in the day. How do you spend your free time? We do not realize how a couple of hours just go by. Ask yourself! It is a matter of habit and a matter of decision. That is, as soon as you realize that if I am created (think about it), if this universe is created, if I have been given myriads options in this universe and set free to choose (no one gets on my way I am free), if I realize this, then there must be a purpose in the existence of the universe and in my existence as well. What is the purpose in my existence? Look at your human qualities, what are you going to do with them. Why are they there? Is it worth to use human qualities only to interact with this world with no purpose; or am I going to utilize them for the purpose of their existence? Why are the human qualities there? Why are things so meaningful and wonderful? I appreciate this, and I want them to be as wonderful and eternal as possible for me.
- Think about it: If you think that the life is going to get to an end when you die, then there is no need to worry about anything. Tomorrow, next year or 50 years later, you will die, does not matter. At the end, everything will become zero. After you die, you will not realize anything as some people think. But if you say: “no it cannot be so, what is the purpose in my existence? There must be a purpose in the existence of the universe and I must investigate it.”
If you realize that you must investigate the purpose in your existence and the existence of other things, and that the One who gives existence to the universe must mean something by creating this world (it means creation must have a purpose in its existence, what is the purpose? I do not know, the Creator must tell me), then you understand that the Creator of the universe must reveal to you the purpose of existence and the purpose in creating this world (if you think that it makes sense). Most people generally say that the Creator must tell me what to do. First, I must investigate what Creator says to me. If I understand that the Creator must speak to me to reveal His purpose in acting this way or creating this world and if this is true, then what is the purpose in delaying listening to the Creator’s voice and trying to understand what it is telling you, so that you will adjust your life according to the purpose in the existence of the universe and the purpose in your existence? If it makes sense, then there is no need to postpone and delay to listen to the Creator and understand what He says. Start from the beginning. Muslims think that Quran is the Speech of God, so take the Quran. If you are Christian, take the Bible. If you are convinced that Quran is the Speech of God telling you the purpose in your existence, then start investigating what it says, whether it make sense to you or not. How do you compare the text to be the claimed speech of the Creator? How would you know if it is right or wrong in its claim?
- It should make sense to your human qualities. It should provide more evidence with what you experience in the universe. There must be a parallel message between creation and the Speech of the Creator of creation. We can use our creation and use creation around us to understand whether this text is really the Speech and guidance of the Creator of the universe and myself. We must analyze this. If you do not study, how can you make the analysis?
Generally speaking, Muslims read the Quran, but they do not “study to see the coherence between what the Quran says, what my creation says and what the universe says”. Practically speaking, most people do not know where to start and what to do? Example: you want to become an accountant. When you realize that I want to become an accountant, what do you do? Go to an education institution and listen to people who have studied it before you. Does translation help? No. It is as if someone gives you a chemistry book in German to study and then you go get an English translation of the book. That does not WORK!! Can you study without going to school and a having a teacher? No. You must go to school where Chemistry is taught in a regular, organized and ordered way so that you can make progress. Similarly, if you want to understand the Speech of the Creator, translation is almost nothing. It may be better for those people who have a different background knowing something about other religious traditions and when they are interested in the teachings of the Quran, what they do is that they read the teachings of the Quran and it becomes clear for them that this teaching is different from their background education. In comparison, those people who do not come from that background, they do not realize that. Translation is almost not good! We must take step by step education.
Is there any school teaching the Quran to understand the purpose in his/her existence? Study the Quran to understand the purpose in your existence. There are many schools speaking to you as a Muslim what to do and teaching Arabic, but to understand the purpose in your existence (how to use your human qualities), is there any school out there helping you realize what is the purpose in the existence of your human qualities? You must look for sources, teachers who studied the Quran to teach you the purpose in your existence. Teaching you as a Muslim what to do comes very later and is very easy. We must be serious about this and decide as soon as possible because later it is very difficult to do. I must take it seriously to learn what my Creator is telling me about the purpose in my existence.
From the very preliminary stages, I need to develop with the awareness that I am going to learn the purpose in my existence. In order to learn the purpose in the existence of your human qualities, you do not need information. Information is collecting data. Example: In Islam the purpose of existence is to worship God. That is information. First, what does worship mean? How am I going to worship? How am I going to utilize my human qualities to perform worship? We must study the concepts. Example: Quran says, “belief”. What does belief mean? Belief is not accepting without any reason. What does it mean? “Praise God”, what does praise mean? It is not a language problem but a conceptual one. What does glorify God (subhanAllah) mean? As far as the purpose in my existence and educating my human qualities, what does “praise be to God” mean?
- We must understand the concepts without any delay.
Do the training and refer it to your human feelings. What am I going to do with them? How am I going to utilize them? Quran says, roughly speaking: “I have given you all these qualities to know Me”. Because human beings are created in the form of a body and then breathed into spirit from God. Metaphorically speaking, Satan says that I am not going to prostrate before this man who is made up of mud. Satanic idea means reducing human existence to body. If you see yourself as a body, then that is a Satanic idea. Your body does not make you a human being. What makes you a human being is the spirit breathed in your body from your Creator to get to know the Source of it. The spirit is the reflection of the qualities of the Creator. A scholar made it very clear: “Human spirit is a mirror where God’s qualities are reflected.” We are created beings and we only have reflections of the qualities of our Creator, but these qualities are only reflections but reflections of the Creator’s qualities.
Human beings are given consciousness. Everything is conscious according to their capacity and human beings experience their mirror accordingly. That is, whatever I see in the mirror of my spirit, I see the reflections of my Creator’s qualities. Consciousness is aware of this. From my freewill, it is expected to utilize these reflections to understand/realize and become very much aware of its Source.
Every human sense is a reflection of the name of God because human senses are endless. Here is where the training lies: “How am I going to refer this quality within me to its Source, so I will understand the Source of this quality existing within me is the real One, this is just a reflection in the mirror. Although, it is not non-existence, it exists in the form of reflection, but it exists.” Your consciousness perceives it. What we must do in our training is this: What am I going to do with this sense? Example: In the morning, I want to hear a nice voice, a friend is speaking to me nicely. What is this for? What does it show? This sense is the reflection of the Creator’s quality which requires appreciation of Its qualities. It means confirmation of its qualities, so you will not criticize it and go against it.
Another Example: “I must clean myself”. It means the Creator is the One who creates everything in a clean way, He is the cleansing One, so you are given the opportunity to experience that your Creator is the One who creates everything in a clean way. Train yourself by using the stories in the Quran as examples. Quran says: we are telling you so that you apply it to yourself and benefit from them.
Can anyone become an athlete after the age of 20 years? Impossible! One must train from a very young age. Don’t delay! This is the message of the Quran. Leave it tomorrow, next year, after graduation…this postponing has no end. You may delay it after the age of retirement. After the age of retirement, your mind does not record and question because you have already developed certain habits and these habits cannot be changed. Also, you will not have time to sit and study because you will be busy with doctor’s appointment, and grand-children will not let you concentrate at all.
89:25 “For, none can make suffer as He will make suffer [the sinners] on that Day,”
What “day”? Here and now because when you die, you don’t realize anything, and you are out of this creation anyways. “On that day” means the moment that you realize. Quran speaks to living human beings, not dead human beings i.e. the moment that you realize.
God’s plan and order never change. You cannot find any gap in it. What is the order? If you make a mistake, on the spot you will suffer from the mistake. There is no way not to suffer from the mistake. You will suffer from it, at least your human quality will suffer. Physically, you may not suffer because you are not body. Those people, like Satan does, who regard themselves as mud, they do not feel suffer in their flesh and bones. They think that since there is no pain in their physical body, all is good. Angels acknowledge human beings as spirit (human qualities given to them). That is why Satan made a comparison between his being from fire and human beings created from mud. Fire is better and higher quality of existence as opposed to mud. If the criteria Satan used where human beings consists only of body, then Satan is right. The angels did not look at glass of a mirror/matter/body, rather they looked at what is reflected in glass i.e. the qualities of the Creator called “spirit” and ‘soul’. Angels prostrated before the manifestations of the (Absolute) qualities of the Creator which deserves to be prostrated. We must study the concepts of the Quran, we should not take literally what tradition says as makes it almost impossible to understand. We must be aware!
In the analogy, Satan looked at the mirror as a glass saying what am I going to do with it and why should I prostrate before (serve) the glass? Reading the stories in the Quran literally kills the spirit of the message, otherwise these are beautiful teachings. Human spirit is there in human beings. What makes me a spirit is the manifestation of the qualities of the Creator and this spirit is open to Eternity. (See, Qur’an, 15: 29; 38: 72.) That is why human beings cannot think of their existence with a limited time and space span.
- Force yourself: Sit in your room and try to reflect on your existence by giving a beginning and end to it, your human qualities will not recognize any beginning or end. Work on yourself. If you define your existence in the form of a body, born on a certain birthdate and die at a certain time, that is body, not human qualities. Human qualities never acknowledge any beginning or end. It means that it is from an Eternal Source and always open to Eternity.
What am I expected to: If I do not acknowledge the human qualities as open to Eternity as a reflection of the Absolute Creator’s qualities, I will suffer and feel imprisoned that I will come to an end. You do not want it and you find yourself under stress. If you define yourself within the existence of the universe, you will find yourself imprisoned. The universe is huge but what am I doing here? If you define yourself within the confinement of this universe because there is an end, you say what is beyond this, nothing, I do not want it. Spirit wants Eternity because it is from Eternity. As soon as you ignore your Eternal side of existence, you will suffer. That is the order in creation, which will not change. All sufferings, depression and disorder come from this.
Spirit wants Eternal Happiness. If you do not attribute your expectations to the Eternal Source, you will have to suffer. Example: I want this job and I could not get it. Is that Eternity? Why bother! When you live in the house, your main concern is yourself in the house. But if there is a leak in the ceiling, take care of it. If body feels hungry, give it food. Body needs food not the spirit. Take care of your body’s needs in this world, that is your house. Your consciousness tells you where to start and where to begin as far as the responsibilities towards the body are concerned. Your spirit will tell when you listen to your human side. Train yourself! You need to be conscious of what you are doing. From the first day, you cannot understand everything at the utmost level, at least, you must start from the first step and go gradually up, that is how we develop.
- If we really try to understand the purpose in your creation as it is described and presented to us by our Creator by definition, that is, what the Creator is telling me about the purpose of my life, what I should do in this world, that is how we fulfil our duty here on earth. If we make a wrong choice, i.e. define ourselves wrongly and if we do not train ourselves as human beings, if we do not concentrate on it, then we have to suffer. Boredom, loneliness, stress, dissatisfaction with everything…
Example: you may feel happy because of the presence of your friends at a given moment. Instead of saying that this is what I am created for i.e. I need my friends and company, look for the best company. The best company is the company of the Prophetic message, the Prophet is with you coming with the message to you. That is why we say assalamualaika ayyuha’n nabee (Oh the Messenger, welcome!). It must be in our presence and our company. How do we feel the presence of the Prophet with us? He is my company always. I am with the Prophet, I am with the Speech of God, I am living with angels.
There are 6 pillars of belief, which means that we are expected to live in this world with 6 different dimensions of existence: (belief in God, existence of angels another dimension in creation, existence of Speech of the Creator (I am in a world where the Creator of this world is speaking to me continuously), presence of the Prophets instructing the content of the Speech to me (He is also present). It means that I am living in this world where there is an Owner and this Owner is continuously speaking to me and this Speech is instructed to me with the presence of an appointed messenger and it continues with belief in the hereafter. This world is a training place in order to get ready for real experience of this desire for Eternity which will become physically possible after you change this body. Before you change this body, it is physically not possible. Only emotionally wise, feeling wise, your human qualities will tell you that your existence must be eternal, but you are not physically experiencing eternity. Logically, you are experiencing eternity but physically not. “You are getting old, going to die…” Conceptually, you understand from your human qualities that you are subject to Eternity. Get ready for it.
The 6 dimensions must be existing in this world, so the Prophet is like a company. If there is a person coming to you saying what did you prepare for dinner, the soup is wonderful, can I have the recipe? Is that a company to your spirit? It is a company to your stomach, tongue and body. It is not a company for your humanity. Be careful when you choose your company. The best company is the one who instructs the speech of the Creator with the Prophets and the followers of the Prophets. They are the best company. The Prophet is not going to teach you how to cook the soup, rather he will teach you why do you like the soup? What does it mean for you, why do you enjoy it? What is the purpose in the creation of the soup?
Who made the soup wonderful? These are Satanic company which reduces human beings to body. Example: what a wonderful shirt? Where did you buy it? Are you a human being or a body? We do not have Prophetic company because we are not aware of what we are, why we are here. We do not question.
If you cut yourself, it bleeds, that is God’s order. What is important for us to remember is that within God’s order, there is repentance. Repentance makes your status (situation) change. The order does not change but repentance makes it change because it is within the order.
- Value of repentance is equal to the value of belief.
It means on one side belief in God is equally precious and on the other side is repentance. It replaces each other. As long as you realize that you did something wrong (i.e. if you decide not to do it, then that is equivalent to belief because repentance is decision: “I am not going to do it, I am not going to see myself in these terms anymore, I am not going to describe myself as Satan described me (in the analogy of the Quran) in the form of body”, then you are back on track. If I see myself or another person in the form of a body such as “look at his hair, nice shoes, where did you buy it?”, that is a Satanic attitude towards your friend. As soon as we realize that it is not right to do and decide not to follow this path, what happens? Belief replaces it. That is why one side is belief and the other side is repentance, they have equal values. If you really believe that you have done something wrong, repent. That is, stop regarding yourself as Satan regarded you as. When you realized what you have done is wrong and you come back to your human qualities as described by the Quran, you realize that you consist of the reflection of God’s Absolute qualities. That is equal to belief. Do not underestimate the value of repentance. Don’t be late! Utilize this opportunity! It is within the order of creation and it does not change either. If someone repents and straightens himself/herself, then s/he will not suffer because it is over. If someone does not repent, and it becomes late, then you must suffer.
- No one can give suffering as God gives you because it is within the order and order never changes.
89:26 “and none can bid with bonds like His.”
Bonding/Contract (wathaq). When the souls were created (description of the Quran), it made a contract/bond between the spirit and God. Here is a mirror, here is a real object. Real object reflects in the mirror. Can you separate them? Can you think of the existence of this reflection in the mirror without bonding it to its Source? Impossible! There is an inevitable connection. It is called in the Quran: Am I not your Lord? (Qur’an, 7: 172.) Asking the mirror/being itself, do you see anything other than me in your reflection? Spirit will say that I am your reflection, there is no other way. If I take the object away, what is left? Nothing.
When the spirit realizes that it is nothing but the reflection of the qualities of its Creator, then bond is signed. This is what the promise is. If the mirror rejects the reflection in it claiming as belonging to the glass, not to the real object reflected in the glass, the bond is broken. When you separate your existence from its Source (with your freewill), it means you define yourself as self-existing. Here I am, I was born like this, from birth I have received these qualities inherited from my parents. What happens? You will suffer because you cut off your connection with its real source and attributed to something false, not real and eternal. You have inherited genes from parents, you all will die. What is everyone good for? Nothing. Now, you must really suffer. When the connection with God is cut off, God never gives prosperity to the soul. Impossible! That is the order, God never changes that.
If you make a mistake, insist on it and do not repent, then there is no way for you to lead a pleasurable life. You will never enjoy your life. If I have some problems in my existence, if something bothers me as far as my life conditions are concerned, then it is my mistake. Either I broke the mirror (i.e. the mirror is reflecting everything broken, you do not know what you are doing) or you closed the mirror and made the refection as belonging to the glass, then you have to suffer and be imprisoned and impossible to be happy because the glass cannot provide you with happiness, it will eventually die too. Your body maybe happy temporarily but you are not body. Those people who say that I am enjoying my life, they define themselves as body and their body is enjoying the food for the moment. Their human side is suffering, and they do not recognize it because they have closed the mirror and nothing is reflected from the Creator, but they think everything in it belongs to the body itself and body is perishable and fleeting. Human side can never enjoy this.
89: 27 “O you human beings that has attained to inner peace”
Think of the scenario on the other side. If you are satisfied with you being as a human being coming from an Eternal Source to recognize the Eternal Source, you must train yourself more and more by reminding yourself with your consciousness by using your freewill. This relationship is important. Consciousness is limitless but not absolute that it will work only in one way. The steering wheel of consciousness is in the hands of the freewill. Some people turn their consciousness to be conscious of their body. Change the direction of your consciousness to become aware of your soul and the source of your soul.
- Define yourself as a soul. If you do the right choice, then you are entertaining inner peace because you defined yourself in terms of an Absolute Being (I am nothing but the created manifested form of the Absolute Being who is the Lord of the universe. I belong to Him. Inna lillahi (inner peace). Satisfied with your existence (mutmainn) I am satisfied with my being.
Does anything bother you if you are satisfied with your being? Your body may feel cold and you can take care of it but as far as the definition of your humanity is concerned, you belong to the Eternal One. You can take something and wear, but it is not your existence. You must take care of it. I am not living in this world to wear my sweater.
Inner peace– If you are satisfied with what your reality is as belonging to the Eternal Being, then you see the mirror and all the qualities reflected in the mirror as belonging to the Creator. So, return it back to the Creator. Don’t say that it belongs to the glass. When you return it, how do you find yourself? As belonging to the Eternal Being. Nothing bothers you anymore. You will be very pleased that you know that you belong to the Eternal Being and the Eternal Being, who reflected Its qualities in you, will say: “that was the point/plan. I was expecting from you to acknowledge this”. The corresponding relationship between you as a soul and the One who created you in the form of a soul, the covenant (mithaaq) has been fulfilled. Not only when your spirit was created as narrated in the literal sense of the verse but also, you can remember in this world, you can exercise this i.e. your soul can acknowledge that It is your Lord and your Lord will say that is what I created you for, to recognize and acknowledge me. Hence, mutual satisfaction. You will be satisfied with your Lord and your Lord will be satisfied with your acceptance of the reality. There is nothing surprising to expect, that is how our realty is if only we are aware of what we are.
89: 29 “go in among My worshippers,”
You are the one who belongs among the group of people who acknowledge their realty. They do not deny their reality, rather acknowledge their reality. You belong to that group now who accept their reality. What is worship? Acknowledgment of one’s reality, not going against it and rejecting it. Acknowledging your reality is accepting who your Lord is. That is, who is reflecting in your mirror? It is very simple.
89: 30 “come into My Paradise!”
That is what Paradise is in this world. When you are with group of people who acknowledge their realty and you are with them, and you acknowledge that you are with the Eternal Being, then no worry about anything and whatever happens in this world, but take care of your human soul, this is experience of Paradise in this creation.
What about the Paradise promised in the Quran in physical form?
Now, that you acknowledged your reality, the glass will be broken but what is reflected in it i.e. in your consciousness/awareness will remain with you. Then, according to the level of your awareness, there will be another body given to you so that you will experience this with no doubt at all. Everyone will be sure that is what I understood in my life and trained myself for, I am experiencing it. There will be another body given to practice this new state of mind/awareness/consciousness which must be permanent. That is called “Paradise”. In this world, you cannot experience it in physical form but in your soul/spirit, you are in peace with your existence. You have no worry about your existence, what will happen to you next? Do you think that the United States Government will take care of your life? No, everyone will die.
- What will happen to you belongs to your Source of existence, the One reflecting in you.
If we have chosen the way that we are created and acknowledge our reality, then we can not only physically live in this world, but spirit will know that this body cannot experience eternity because it is subject to deterioration. So, you say, “O my Creator, why don’t you give me a body which will experience Eternity physically”. Khalideena fihaa abadaa (Qur’an, 98: 8,) they will remain there forever will be physically possible. We must understand that it must be so. Not because that it is an expectation because I hope so. That is according to my reality which requires a physical existence with Eternal qualities, not temporary like this body which is getting old. That is what you realize yourself.
If only we concentrate on our human side!! This is beautiful education and training. The Quran teaches how human training should take place. I need to concentrate on my real-life conditions, that is how the Quran should be read, “here and now.” Not long before and after I die. It gives the news, but I have to experience it now and being able to confirm it now.