Deception of the Dunya

🌿Friday Reflections 🌿
“ Deception of the Dunya “

Look at the serene picture above.

Imagine you are overlooking this majestic scene 💙of calm ocean water….a sea of blue, under a clear ☀beautiful sky.

And then within a couple of minutes the the sky turns a murky gray, clouds begin to cluster the wind changes 💨and the peaceful ocean is now a raging 🌊beast, a cacophony of crashing waves.

The ocean is like the 🌎dunya. Its deception that everything is going alright, sometimes almost near perfection 🌈until the storm looms in ⚡and everything comes crashing down.

What did the prophet (saw) in his last sermon fear for his companions after his death?
“ايها الناس والله ما الفقر اخشى عليكم ولكني اخشى عليكم الدنيا ان تتنافسوها كما تنافسها اللذين من قبلكم فتهلككم كما اهلكتهم”

“O’People. By Allah I do not fear that poverty might befall you but I fear that you might be affected by the dunya. If you compete with one another in it like the people before you then surely you will be destroyed like they were!”

Why is this dunya a mirage?

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Paradise ⛲is surrounded by 🚧adversity, and Hellfire 🌋is surrounded by 🍸lusts.”

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حُفَّتْ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتْ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ

What is this dunya worth?

The Prophet s.a.w. was walking with his companions when they saw a dead 🐏sheep carcass, and He said: “Do you not see how this is worth nothing now to its (previous) owners? 💸They replied. “Yes. ” He (saw) then said, “By Allah this world is more worthless to Allah than this dead carcass is to its owners”

The Propher taught us a Dua to help keep us on track:
اللهُمَ لا تجعل الدنيا أكبر همنا و لا مبلغ علمنا و لا إلي النار مصيرنا، و اجعل الجنة هي دارنا و قرارنا
O’Allah do not make this world our biggest concern nor the limit of knowledge nor our entry to hellfire. And make paradise our abode and residence.

[Credit: LionofAllah, Safa A]