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  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute The covenant taken from the sons of Adam is the fitrah  02-01-2017          Question 248517 In Surah Al Baqarah in Quran. It is mentioned that this worldly life is our second life. Our (All Human Beings) first life was in a form of spirit in a Barzakh like place (Another world for spirits/souls before this world). Allah took an oath from all of us that when we come to this world than we will only worship him and not anyone else. But when he sent us to this world he removed that part from our memory. A sincere and genuine question that would arise in anyones mind would be that: "What was the point in taking an oath from us in first place if later it was going to be removed from our memory anyways"??? Quranic Exegesis Related topic Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly: The covenant that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, took fr...

  Shaykh Abdullah Hasan | The Rich in This Life are Poor on the Day of Judgment Published   October 17, 2011 By   Sh. Abdullah Hasan By Shaykh Abdullah Hasan |  Transcribed by Hafiza Sayfullah Many think that living the luxury life in this world would compensate [for] how they die, [but] this is not true.  Thinking that after death comes nothing is absolute ignorance. Life in this  dunya  as we know is present with evil and good; there is no purpose of both if there is no hereafter. We will follow this  āyah  closely: Keep supporting MuslimMatters for the sake of Allah Alhamdulillah, we're at over 850 supporters. Help us get to 900 supporters this month. All it takes is a small gift from a reader like you to keep us going, for just $2 / month. The Prophet (SAW) has taught us the best of deeds are those that done consistently, even if they are small.  Click here to support MuslimMatters with a monthly donation of $2 per month.  Set i...