world and will enjoy it in the next stage of life.- Those who achieve the conquest of nature but use their
power for purposes opposed to the Divine Order are
rewarded with success in this world for the time being, but
have nothing to hope for in the future. - Those who turn away from nature and make no attempt to
understand and conquer it, cannot attain human stature.
They live a life of hardship and misery in this world and will
find the way to progress blocked in the next world, for:
Who is blind here, will be blind in the Hereafter, and yet farther away
from the true path (17:72).
Conquering the forces of nature and utilising them for the benefit
of mankind in accordance with the Laws of God as revealed by
Him, and thereby developing one's own self, is the essence of Islam.
This, and this alone, can ensure a beautiful heavenly life in this as
well as in the Hereafter. This way of life is called deen.
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