Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

God reminds us in the Quran to focus on the Hereafter as this life is nothing but play and vanity that will last for a short while.

     Rearranging Our Priorities
[Quran 6:32] The life of this world is no more than illusion and vanity, while the abode of the Hereafter is far better for the righteous. Do you not understand?!


God has provided us means to enjoy this life through His blessings that He showers upon us. These are opportunities to appreciate Him (Quran 8:26, 16:10-14, 16:78, 27:19, 30:46). The goal is to grow our soul so that ultimately we can go back to Him, rejoin His Kingdom, to live in the eternal Paradise, God willing.


Besides, God possess both this world and the Hereafter (Quran 53:25). If we seek to please God, He will give us of this world and the Hereafter (Quran 10:62-64, 16:97, 24:55). Should we then not make God our priority?


     Re-arrange Your Priorities
[Quran 29:64] This worldly life is no more than vanity and play, while the abode of the Hereafter is the real life, if they only knew.

[Quran 47:36] This worldly life is no more than play and vanity. But if you believe and lead a righteous life, He will reward you, without asking you for any money.

    Guaranteed Happiness Now and Forever
[16:97] Anyone who works righteousness, male or female, while believing, we will surely grant them a happy life in this world, and we will surely pay them their full recompense (on the Day of Judgment) for their righteous works.


References:
Road To Happiness: Seek to Please God, http://www.masjidtucson.org/submission/perspectives/happiness/roadtohappiness.html
Striving in the cause of God: Making God the Priority, http://www.masjidtucson.org/submission/perspectives/striving/striving_God_priority.html
Why Were We Created? http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix7.html

Peace.