This Dunya is transitory, short lived, ephemeral … It is going to come to an end oneday, when it will perish and be totally destroyed by Allah Ta’ala!
… But the Aakhirah (Hereafter) is Forever.
One has to therefore prepare and build his ‘Perpetual Home’ of the Aakhirah during his life, in this fleeting Dunya … He has to do good deeds in this world to reap its complete blessings in the Hereafter (in the beautiful lofty palaces of Jannah) …
The moment one’s time in this world expires, the opportunity to do righteous deeds terminate.
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Hence, we are exhorted in a beautiful poem by Sayyidina Ali (RA) to perform good deeds ‘now’, before we are overtaken by death and it is too late.
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Hazrat Ali (RA) says :
There is no home for a person after Maut (death), in which he will reside, except that home which he had built whilst he lived in the Dunya, till he passed away …
If a person builds his everlasting abode by performing good/pious deeds, then his home will be a beautiful palace in Paradise (Jannah) …
And, if a person builds his home by doing bad deeds, then he is undoubtedly going to be in utter ruin and perdition …
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Therefore, build your PALACE in the most beautiful Jannah that was made by Allah Ta’ala, whose bricks are of gold and silver, cemented by fragrant musk; and whose gate-keeper is the Angel ‘Ridwaan’ … and moreover, you will be honoured by becoming the neighbour of our Beloved Nabi Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam in Jannah …
