HIGHER
AIMS - A KAAFIR HAS NO HIGH AIMS
How
can a Muslim describe the aims of a Kaafir as high when a
Kaafir has no ambition but to indulge in this worldly life?
For it, he toils and for it, he fights, while turning his back
to the Hereafter. Allah Ta’ala says, ‘Verily, those who hope
not for their meeting with Us, but are pleased and satisfied
with the life of the present world, and those who are heedless
of Our signs. Those their abode will be the Fire, because of
what they used to earn.’ (10:7 - 8). Allah has made clear to
us that the real life is in the Hereafter, that is the life
indeed, if they but knew.’ (29:64)
How
could the aims of a Kaafir be high when he deviated from the
path of Ieman, and refused but to be the burning wood of the
hellfire? How can he have high aims while he sacrificed his
wealth, his offspring and himself for the sake of swaying people
from Allah's path? Allah says, "Verily, those who disbelieve and
prevent mankind from the path of Allah, they have certainly
strayed far away." [4:167]
How can
the aims of a Kafir be described as high when Allah created him
on the innate nature of tawheed, but he destroyed it and gave
him the blessing of a mind but he crippled it. And Allah
prescribed to him the signs of His Oneness, and the proofs of
the truthfulness of His Messenger, and He sent down a Book that
is a miracle but he turned away from all this, and made the life
of this World his highest endeavor!
The
Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said "Allah
despises the one who is proud, full of himself, who walks in
arrogance, makes loud noises in the markets, sleeps like a dead
corpse at night, and works like a donkey at day, and possesses
knowledge about the matters of this life but is ignorant about
the matters of the Hereafter." (Ibn Hibbaan) They have knowledge
about the apparent things of this world, the matters of
livelihood, like when to plant, irrigate, and harvest, and how
to build, etc. But they are ignorant of the matters of the
Hereafter. How well does this hadeeth describe the kuffaar whose
sole concern is this life, and who rejoice with what they
acquired in it. Allah says, "Therefore, withdraw from him who
turns away from Our Reminder and desires nothing but the life of
this world. That is what they could reach of knowledge." [53:29]
And
among the kuffaar are those who seek Paradise, and strive to
attain it, but they took the wrong way. They will not attain it,
for they have turned away from the only Path to it, the Path
that Allah has Shown us through his Messenger, (Sallallaahu
Alayhi Wasallam), as Allah says, "Say, 'Shall We tell you
the greatest losers in respect of their deeds? Those whose
efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that
they were acquiring good by their deeds." [18:103-1041
Therefore how can a Muslim admire a kafir and describe him as
having high aims because of actions whose only Purpose is to
improve his life in this world?! Even if his actions are meant
for worship, they are wasted and will not benefit him in the
Hereafter, as Allah says, "And We shall turn to whatever deeds
they [the kuffaar] did, and We shall make such deeds as
scattered floating particles of dust." [25:23]
From
"Uluwwul Himmah" by Muhammad al-Muqaddim
Last modified:
July 19, 2007
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