{"id":22746,"date":"2019-01-29T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22746"},"modified":"2025-11-15T13:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:24:53","slug":"two-phases-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/two-phases-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Chapters of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22746\" class=\"elementor elementor-22746 elementor-2290\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-948cb2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"948cb2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a90a8e4\" data-id=\"a90a8e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a8a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99a8a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imam Hadi\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has said, \u201cTruly Allah has placed this world a place of testing and examination, and the hereafter a place of rewarding and punishment. And the examination of this world leads to the reward in the hereafter, and the reward in the hereafter is the result of the examination in this world.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p>Imam Hadi\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has also said, \u201cThe world is a marketplace in which some gain in it while others lose.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The difference between this world and the hereafter is that this world is a place of cultivation and the hereafter is a place of harvesting and reaping the crop.\u00a0\u00a0The hereafter is not the prologue, it is the end result.\u00a0\u00a0It is like a day when students hear the result of their exams.\u00a0\u00a0If a student asks to give the answer on the day of test results, he will hear the response that the time of exam taking has passed, and it is now time for results.\u00a0\u00a0The prophets which now call people to good action and preparing for the hereafter, it is so they know that time is limited, and the wise person would take advantage of this limited time on earth to develop the everlasting life.<\/p><p>If however a person does not act according to wisdom and instead passes time and doesn\u2019t obey Allah\u00a0(SWT), and has his soul taken away, then it is too late.\u00a0\u00a0In that moment, no matter how much he begs to be returned to the world to do well, what he will hear is, \u201cIt is not possible.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0If an unripe fruit is separated from the tree branch, it is impossible to attach it back on to retain its previous state of turning into a sweet fruit.\u00a0\u00a0Returning to the world is possible but the truth is that the law of creation does not allow it.<\/p><p>Indeed the period of man\u2019s existence is similar to a year of work. This world and the next is like one of two seasons.\u00a0\u00a0This world is the season of planting and acting, and the hereafter is the season of harvesting the end result and a time to receive punishment and reward for our actions.\u00a0\u00a0Delightfully put, Imam Hadi\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has said in a prayer, \u201cMay we be among the crowd who gain and receive the reward of the hereafter\u2026.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>(Selection taken from the book Divine Justice by the learned scholar Shahid Mutahhari, with minor changes)<\/strong><\/p><p>Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/tag\/imam-ali-bin-muhammad-al-hadi\/\" class=\"tag-link\">Imam Ali bin Muhammad al-Hadi<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h1><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong><\/h1><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Tohf al-Uqul, pg. 483<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Ibid<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> This addresses the verses 99 &amp; 100 of chapter al-Mu\u2019menun (99-100:23) in the holy Quran, \u201cUntil, when death comes to one of them (those who join partners with Allah), he says: &#8220;My Lord! Send me back\u2026\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Life felt like a vast field, its soil open for only a short season. Imam Hadi (PBUH) taught that this world is the test, the planting; the next is the harvest. Some sowed wisely, others wasted time. 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