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18:45 - Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: it is like the rain which We send
down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it but soon it becomes dry stubble which
the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah Who prevails over all things. 2386
2386 Rain-water is a good thing in itself, but it does not last, and you can build no solid foundations on it. It is soon
absorbed in the earth, and produces the flourishing appearance of grass and vegetation-for a time. Soon these decay,
and become as dry stubble, which the least wind from any quarter will blow about like a thing of no importance. The
water is gone, and so is the vegetation to which it lent a brave show of luxuriance temporarily. Such is the life of this
world, contrasted with the inner and real Life, which looks to the Hereafter-Allah is the only enduring Power we can
look to, supreme over all. (18.45)
18:46 - Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: but the things that endure Good
Deeds are best in the sight of thy Lord as rewards and best as (the foundation for) hopes. 2387
2387 Other things are fleeting: but Good Deeds have a lasting value in the sight of Allah. They are best as (or for) rewards
in two ways: (1) they flow from us by the Grace of Allah, and are themselves rewards for our Faith: (2) they become
the foundation of our hopes for the highest rewards in the Hereafter. (18.46)
20:131 -Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of
them the splendor of the life of this world through which We test them: but the provision of thy
Lord is better and more enduring. 2656
2656 The good things of this life make a brave show, but they are as nothing compared with the good of the Hereafter. Both
are provided by Allah. But the former are given to the just and the unjust as a test and trial, and in any case will pass
away; while the latter come specially from Allah for His devoted servants, and are incomparably of more value and will
last through eternity. (20.131)
22:11 - There are among men some who serve Allah as it were on the verge: if good befalls them
they are therewith well content; but if a trial comes to them they turn on their faces: they lose
both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see! 2782
2782 They are men whose minds are not firm: they will have faith, if all goes well with them, but as soon as they are tried,
they are found wanting. They are a different kind from hypocrites. It is not fraud or double dealing that is their sin: it is
a weak mind, petty standards of judging right by success, a selfishness that gives nothing but asks for all, a narrowmindedness
that does not go beyond petty mundane calculations-a "nicely calculated less or more" of the good things
of this world. They fail in both worlds, and their failure in this world is patent for every on-looker. (22.11)
22:15 - If any think that Allah will not help him (His Apostle) in this world and the Hereafter let him
stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut (himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will
remove that which enrages (him)! 2786
2786 There is some difference of opinion as to the interpretation of this verse. Most Commentators are agreed that the
pronoun "him" in the second line ("will not help him") refers to the holy Prophet, and that the "any" in the first line
refers to his enemies, who wished to see him destroyed and removed from the scene of his labours. Ibn 'Abbas,
whom I have followed here, and whom a great number of Commentators follow, construes the later clauses in the
sense given in the text. Freely paraphrased, it means: if the enemies of Allah's Messenger are enraged at his
successes, let them fix a rope to their ceiling and hang themselves. Samaa is thus rendered by the word "ceiling". If
Samaa is rendered by the word "heaven" (the usual meaning), the paraphrase would be : if the enemies of Allah's
Messenger are enraged at the help he gets from heavens, let them stretch a rope to heavens, and see if they can cut
off the help in that way!-in other words, they are fools if they think they can intercept Allah's help by their petty
devices! (22.15)
23:64 - Until when We seize in Punishment those of them who received the good things of this
world behold they will groan in supplication!
24:37 - By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the Remembrance of Allah
nor from regular Prayer nor from the practice of regular Charity: their (only) fear is for the Day
when hearts and eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new) 30073008
3007 "Remembrance of Allah" is wider than Prayer: it includes silent contemplation, and active service of Allah and His
creatures. The regular Prayers and regular Charity are the social acts performed through the organised community.
(24.37)
3008 Some renderings suggest the effects of terror on the Day of Judgment. But here we are considering the case of the
righteous, whose "fear" of Allah is akin to love and reverence and who (as the next verse shows) hope for the best
reward from Allah. But the world they will meet will be a wholly changed world. (24.37)
28:60 - The (material) things which ye are given are but the conveniences of this life and the glitter
thereof; but that which is with Allah is better and more enduring: will ye not then be wise? 3391
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