It is the imprint you leave behind forever. It is the path you have traveled, which cannot be changed after death. This path is the book of your deeds mentioned in the holy texts. You will receive the reward you deserve based on this book.
Therefore, while you are alive, take action. As it is written, "Each person will only have what they endeavored towards, and that [the outcome of] their endeavors will be seen [in their record]."
Choose the right goals and the right, true way, and strive for true success.
Logically, there is no point in setting goals, because we will all be gone. The point is only to be pleasing to God and to enter eternal life by successfully passing this exam — earthly life.
In the previous chapter, we found out what we should put first in life — the greatest and purest pursuit — to be pleasing to God. One must never abandon this path, not even in the hour of death; on the contrary, it is precisely in the hour of death that one must believe, repent, and ask for forgiveness.
In fact, everything that exists is distinguished in the holy texts by only two criteria: bad and good, good and evil, and acceptable and unacceptable.
Man is the greatest creation; it is enough that we are the image of the invisible God, according to the Scriptures. Because if man is insignificant, then so are the stars and the cosmos and the whole Universe and even what is beyond it. Everything has a period of stay in this world, some shorter, some longer. Everything, like people, came from somewhere, and once it did not exist, and once it will die, and once it will be resurrected. So everything that exists is a unity, connected by a common Source. But really there is only one difference and it is not material — you are either a favorable creature to your Creator or you are not. Because what is not pleasing to the Creator does not exist or will not exist soon, but what is pleasing will always exist.
All God-inspired books, as well as the common human mind and logic, tell us this in unison.
Striving to please the Most High defines a true believer from any religion, or simply a person who believes in the One Lord God. This is what unites all the books of the Holy Scriptures and all the Abrahamic religions, and what consolidates believers from all over the world.
To please your Creator, regularly replenish your supply of good deeds that don't need to be publicized, and don't expect any reward for them. Remember that you are preparing for the most important meeting of your life — a meeting with the Lord God. It is at this meeting that you will receive your reckoning for the whole of your life. Good deeds are not only a physical help, but also an emotional effort. To do this, you must focus on faith and service every day. Serving God does not have to be conspicuous. It is, as they say, a way of life. It is important to put the right information, the true information, and the false information in the right place in your mind. After that, live, try not to violate God's laws, and work on yourself in spiritual efforts: restrain anger, pray, meditate, learn the Bible and the Qur'an in peace and quiet, and worship the Most High. Act wisely and do not make mistakes in life.
In the book of ECCLESIASTES in the Bible, there is a very memorable and thought-provoking phrase: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is mańs all". So vast, so profound, that the subconscious mind, if not the soul, shudders when read in the context of the Bible. A clear understanding and realization of inevitability comes. Everything in life pales into insignificance before the mere thought that one day it will all come to an end here and you will stand in front of your Creator. You will be shown all that you have done, and you will be held accountable. And your life in eternity will depend on that moment. There comes the realization of the need to fight every kind of temptation in life: physical, mental, and spiritual. There comes the understanding that earthly riches are dust, nothing more. Appropriately, there is a saying in the Holy Qur'an: "The most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing among you."
A godly servant is God-fearing, patient, humble, alms-giving, and forgiveness-seeking. And to leave this world godly is the highest reward and gift from the Almighty.
No matter how difficult it may be, always try to please God, realizing at every moment that He is looking at you. And it will be difficult, for it is said, "You [believers] will surely be tested in your wealth and yourselves."
God's ways are mysterious: "How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!" You can never be sure how righteous a person is. Sometimes people think that someone is a criminal, an unbeliever, just a bad person who is doing well in life, and they agonize over the question: "How can God give good things to such a person? In fact, that person may be more righteous than many who think that way.
Don't look around, don't judge, and don't put a stigma on anyone. After all, you don't know if you, given the opportunity and the power, would have done any better than the one you're judging. Perhaps someone else in his place would be incomparably worse.
Be righteous and you will see that in time you will be truly happy. Happiness is given only to those who are faithful to God.
Everyone has the opportunity to be happy in this life and forever in the next.
