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3. Do’s and Don’ts — Solutions to Modern Social Problems
4. This Life Is a Classroom — Accountability Is Real
I’d like to expand on that. The Quran answers the biggest questions of our time. We live in an age of advanced technology but confused morality, information everywhere but wisdom lacking; comfort increasing but peace decreasing.
People ask: Who should I follow? What is success? What is right and wrong? Does anything really matter after death? The Quran answers all of these questions, clearly, concisely, and timelessly.
1. Who Is the Creator — and Who Is Not (Modern Confusion)
Today, many people worship other things, such as money, power, fame, opinions, and science without God. The Quran cuts through all confusion:
[2:255] GOD: there is no other god besides Him, the Living, the Eternal. Never a moment of unawareness or slumber overtakes Him. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Who could intercede with Him, except in accordance with His will? He knows their past, and their future. No one attains any knowledge, except as He wills. His dominion encompasses the heavens and the earth, and ruling them never burdens Him. He is the Most High, the Great.
[112:1] Proclaim, “He is the One and only GOD. [112:2] “The Absolute GOD. [112:3] “Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten. [112:4] “None equals Him.”
Today, people trust algorithms more than revelation, celebrities shape morals more than God, and trends define right and wrong. But the Quran reminds us:
[17:22] You shall not set up any other god beside GOD, lest you end up despised and disgraced.
Believers recognize that the Creator is not theoretical. It means you don’t compromise faith for popularity. You don’t sacrifice ethics for profit. You don’t obey creation by disobeying God.
2. Purpose of Life — Not Just Earning and Consuming
Modern life teaches: Study → Work → Earn → Spend → Retire → Die
But God says clearly: [51:56] I did not create the jinns and the humans except to worship Me alone.
Worship is not just prayer — it is: Honesty in business, Justice in profession, Kindness in family, Integrity when no one is watching. It is: a professional who refuses bribery, a student who does not cheat, a businessman who avoids fraud even if competitors profit. This is worship.
[57:20] Know that this worldly life is no more than play and games, and boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children. It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the disbelievers. But then the plants turn into useless hay, and are blown away by the wind. In the Hereafter there is either severe retribution, or forgiveness from GOD and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary illusion.
The Quran does not tell us to abandon the world; it tells us not to be enslaved by it.
3. Do’s and Don’ts — Solutions to Modern Social Problems
Today we see: broken families, distrust in institutions, exploitation of the weak, normalization of lies. The Quran provides principles, not chaos.
[16:90] GOD advocates justice, charity, and regarding the relatives. And He forbids evil, vice, and transgression. He enlightens you, that you may take heed.
Solutions to our problems come from: Justice → fair hiring, fair trials, fair wages; Righteousness → ethical leadership;
Giving → supporting the needy, not exploiting them;
Avoiding evil → rejecting corruption, abuse, dishonesty.
God also warns against blind following: [2:170] When they are told, “Follow what GOD has revealed herein,” they say, “We follow only what we found our parents doing.” What if their parents did not understand, and were not guided?
Today this applies to: “Everyone does it”; “This is how the industry works”; “Society accepts it now”. The Quran teaches principled living, not trend-based living.
4. This Life Is a Classroom — Accountability Is Real
Modern society often behaves as if there is no afterlife, no accountability; as if only immediate pleasure matters. But God reminds us: [29:57] Every soul will taste death, then to us you will be ultimately returned.
This life is training, not graduation. But in this training, we forget that we are preparing ourselves for the ultimate test. It’s not a race where if you don’t run fast enough, someone will crush you. It’s a life-long journey.
[67:2] The One who created death and life for the purpose of distinguishing those among you who would do better. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.
Look at yourself: how you behave online when anonymous, how you treat employees when powerful, how you act when no law is watching. All of it counts.
God assures absolute justice:
[99:7] Whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it.
[99:8] And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.
Nothing is ever lost: not a hidden charity, not a silent injustice, not a private repentance.
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