| Answer: Because this worldly life is a trial and it is not
the place where you can get the true results for your efforts, things are going
to remain, at least on some occasions, the way they are. The reason for this
being so is that in order for this life to be a trial, there has to be freedom
allowed to people. That freedom is then both used and abused. Had there been no
possibility of it being abused, there wouldn’t have been a trial.
I am not suggesting that you give up working hard or looking
for good opportunities in life. Go for the good opportunities the Almighty has
made available for you, stretch yourself as best as you can to do justice with
the talent the Almighty has given you, but never be too obsessed with the idea
of achieving success in this life. True success can only come in the Hereafter,
where everyone is going to be judged in accordance with his/her sincerity and
efforts. Success of this world is always a bonus and a trial in itself.
What I am saying then is that you change the focus of your
attention from this life, which can never be fair, to the next one, which is
bound to be fair. However, in order for your next life to be successful, you
have to do well in this life morally and spiritually. In order for a good moral
and spiritual performance, you need to do well with the talent the Almighty has
given you. If while using that talent, you achieve worldly success too, thank
your God for it. If you don’t achieve much, don’t be disappointed, because
success was never guaranteed to you in this life. In the process, if you lose
because others in competition are not playing a fair game, you are not, in
reality, a loser. It is those who are apparently gaining some worldly success
though wrong means who are losing in the real sense. If you can, have sympathy
for such people and try to help them understand the fact that what they are
achieving in this world in the manner they are doing it is going to cause them
to confront lots of difficulties in the next life.
The Qur’an says:
The one who
desires the rewards of this fleeting life alone, We shall give him in it what We
shall desire, but then We have prepared for him Hell wherein he will fall
despised, helpless. And the one who desires the rewards of the Hereafter and
strives for it befittingly, and is a true believer as well, the rewards of such
a person are never going to be wasted. As for this life, We bestow all – those
who are obsessed with the love of this life and those who are striving for the
Hereafter – with the blessings of your Lord. And you will not find the grace of
your Lord withheld from any of them. See if you want to confirm how We have
exalted some over others in this life, but be sure that the life of the
Hereafter is far better both status wise and quality wise. (17:18-21)
(Courtesy:
http://www.khalidzaheer.com/qa/789)
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