A World Pulling Us Away from the Truth

Realizing God and the Hereafter in a world that constantly pulls our attention in the opposite direction is not easy. This in itself shows the magnitude and depth of the reality of God and Akhirah. The Qur’an alludes to this inner illumination in Surah An-Nur (24:35), reminding us that divine realization is a profound light that requires inner readiness to perceive.

Guidance Reaches All — But Only Some Receive It

According to hadith, Allah sends His guidance like heavy rain — but only a receptive heart absorbs it and transforms it into faith. From this we learn the spiritual formula:

Noor-e-Fitrat + Noor-e-Hidayat = Noor-e-Iman
Innate divine nature + guidance from revelation = true faith.

The drop of divine light resides within every soul, but only a heart open to truth allows that light to grow, deepen, and illuminate the entire personality.

A God-Centered Life Comes With a Price

When a person gives God and Akhirah the highest priority, he often becomes isolated from society — not because he chooses loneliness, but because the world around him does not share his concern.

Abu Bakr (R.A) is a powerful example. Before Islam, he was widely respected and admired as a successful businessman. But the moment he accepted the prophetic call and made God his supreme concern, he became a stranger to the very people who once celebrated him.
The reason is simple: difference in life’s concern creates distance.

Contemporary Example: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

This principle becomes strikingly evident in the life of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. While many scholars focused on community issues, political interests, and collective rights, Maulana redirected attention to God, the Hereafter, and the mission of dawah.

His insistence on building a dawah-oriented mindset was not widely welcomed. Many religious leaders and common Muslims were more concerned with community welfare and collective identity than with divine accountability. His experience reveals an undeniable truth:

A God-centered vision often faces resistance from a world centered on worldly concerns.

Final Reflection

Achieving closeness to God while living in a world full of noise, temptation, and material allure is not merely an act of worship — it is the greatest spiritual achievement. Only those who continue to remember the Hereafter, even when the world offers distractions at every turn, attain the rank described in these verses of Surah Al-Mu’minun: those who were mocked in the world but will be honoured in the Hereafter.

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Source:Tazkirul Quran / Quran Commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan 

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