Secular Wealth Is Not The Aim Of Life | Hazrat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahib (Rehmattulah Aliah)

Book: Purpose of Life

15. Secular Wealth Is Not The Aim Of Life

I mentioned earlier that those travelling from the world to the hereafter are of three types: either those who take currency only, those who take currency as well as kind and those who only take in kind. But when a person goes towards Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, when he is placed in the grave, he leaves his currency here as well as kind. He cannot take both even if he wants to. When he cannot take anything, it clearly indicates that this was not the aim of this life. There is a difference between the homeland of this world and the hereafter. In this world, you can take the earnings of a foreign land to your homeland. You can take the currency of Karachi to Kashmir. But when you go to the hereafter, you cannot even take one suit. Besides your kafan[Burial shroud], you cannot take any pants or shirts. All these will be removed from you. Your watch and your spectacles will also be removed even though they are made of gold. All the cash from your pocket will be removed, your kurtah and trouser will be taken off and you will be wrapped in a kafan ready to go to the hereafter. The only difference is that when you came into this world, you came in the nude. When a child is born, he is completely naked. Now at the time of departing, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has provided you with a kafan. As a child, you looked good without clothes but now you are an old man. It is not suitable to go without clothes. Therefore go to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala with respect and honour. Shariat has made the kafan compulsory. Now you are Allah's visitor. Now when you go to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, you will not be given a Mercedes to go in. Buses and cars are not things of respect. You will be carried on the thing which has the most honour, namely a human being's shoulder. Today, no king can walk on the shoulders of people and if he does, people will say what foolishness this is. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has granted his visitors this honour.

A saintly poet states that when we came to the world, we did not bring anything with us. But when we departed to the hereafter, what did we take with? On this, he recited the verses:

When we came, what did we do and depart? We left with a few accusations against us. We did not even bring a piece of paper with from there. We went to the office from here in order to explain.

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