Our life, this world where we carry out our existence, and all created beings will one day perish, and eventually, the Day of Judgment will occur. After this terrifying day, our eternal life, the 'hereafter,' will begin.
This is another dimension where dreams turn into reality, where the promised beauties are bestowed upon the believers, it is the horizon that the believers eagerly yearn for.
This life is such a climate where the first step of the journey is birth, and the final step on the stage of the world is death. When evaluated from the perspective of the afterlife, death is a beautiful testimony, the beginning of the afterlife.
The transience of worldly life is explicitly mentioned by Allah (SWT) in the Quran, and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) emphasized this truth in his sayings, highlighting the necessity for believers to prepare for the endless.
The first gateway to having this belief is faith. The perception of the afterlife for a Muslim is a religious conscience that, as a natural consequence of their disposition, also influences the outcome of their actions.
A Muslim who has devoted their heart to Allah, who constantly mentions the name of Allah, establishes a covenant with their Lord by showing interest in the ultimate reality, the afterlife.
Conversely, one who neglects this, forgetting the purpose, truth, and story of existence, disrupts their inner peace by acting against their innate disposition.
The belief in the afterlife is a dimension that ensures the continuity of the order existing in the world, provides humanity with a goal, and imbues life with meaning.
As a concept, the afterlife constantly serves as an internal accounting mechanism for the believer. By keeping the afterlife in mind, a believer tends to avoid behaviors that would put them in difficulty in the hereafter.
The ultimate destination of a believer's path of servitude is the afterlife. For this reason, throughout our lives, we should strive to be devout Muslims, adhering firmly to the commandments.
The ultimate end of a life lived around the concepts of goodness, truth, justice, and righteousness is to attain the most beautiful blessings in the afterlife.
