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In this verse Allah Ta'alah has listed those relations and objects which are dear to most people's hearts, and has further said that people sometimes become so engrossed in their love that they forget about the Life Hereafter. Among these Allah Ta'alah has first listed women and children. If one ponders about it, it would become obvious that most people strive to earn a livelihood to fulfil the needs and desires of their family members. If one asks even those people who have more wealth than they can ever spend in a lifetime, and yet they are still trying to accumulate more and more wealth even through Hara'am (impermissible) means, they also justify it by saying that they are doing it for their children and their children's children. Then Allah Ta'alah mentions gold and silver, and animals and lands, which are dear to many people's hearts second to their own families.
This verse means that Allah Ta'alah has created a natural desire and love for the above mentioned in human beings' hearts, and has done so in His infinite wisdom. The first possible reason is that if people didn't have natural affinity and love for these worldly goods then the whole economic system of the world would have collapsed. If a person didn't have a natural desire to earn money and to fulfil his and his family's needs, wishes and desires, then why would he have woken up and left home early every morning to do hard work? Why would a labourer have left his home to do hard labour, why would an industrialist look for labourers to work in his factories, why would a shopkeeper open a shop to sell his stuff whole day, and why would a buyer go to a shop to buy things to fulfil his needs and desires? If one looks closely, it is this love of the material world that is keeping this whole socio-economic system going.
To be continued...
In this verse Allah Ta'alah has listed those relations and objects which are dear to most people's hearts, and has further said that people sometimes become so engrossed in their love that they forget about the Life Hereafter. Among these Allah Ta'alah has first listed women and children. If one ponders about it, it would become obvious that most people strive to earn a livelihood to fulfil the needs and desires of their family members. If one asks even those people who have more wealth than they can ever spend in a lifetime, and yet they are still trying to accumulate more and more wealth even through Hara'am (impermissible) means, they also justify it by saying that they are doing it for their children and their children's children. Then Allah Ta'alah mentions gold and silver, and animals and lands, which are dear to many people's hearts second to their own families.
This verse means that Allah Ta'alah has created a natural desire and love for the above mentioned in human beings' hearts, and has done so in His infinite wisdom. The first possible reason is that if people didn't have natural affinity and love for these worldly goods then the whole economic system of the world would have collapsed. If a person didn't have a natural desire to earn money and to fulfil his and his family's needs, wishes and desires, then why would he have woken up and left home early every morning to do hard work? Why would a labourer have left his home to do hard labour, why would an industrialist look for labourers to work in his factories, why would a shopkeeper open a shop to sell his stuff whole day, and why would a buyer go to a shop to buy things to fulfil his needs and desires? If one looks closely, it is this love of the material world that is keeping this whole socio-economic system going.
To be continued...
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