یٰۤاَیُّہَا  الَّذِیۡنَ  اٰمَنُوۡا  لَا تُلۡہِکُمۡ اَمۡوَالُکُمۡ  وَ لَاۤ  اَوۡلَادُکُمۡ عَنۡ ذِکۡرِ اللہِ ۚ       وَ مَنۡ یَّفۡعَلۡ  ذٰلِکَ  فَاُولٰٓئِکَ ہُمُ الۡخٰسِرُوۡنَ (۹)

Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: “O believers! Let not your wealth or your children (or) anything cause you to neglect the remembrance of Allah. And whoever does this, so it is they who are in loss.”^[1]

In this blessed verse, the believers are being advised, ‘O believers! Let not your wealth or your children cause you to neglect the remembrance of Allah Almighty, like the hypocrites. Whosoever does this, such that through preoccupation with the world, they forget the religion, have no concern for their own state out of their love for wealth and remain heedless of relief in the Hereafter, it is they who are in loss. This is because they had no concern for the eternal blessings of the abode in the Hereafter whilst chasing after this transitory world.^[2]

It is most unfortunate that the state of Muslims is deteriorating when it comes to practicing. People will travel to different countries to attain wealth but will not attend the masjid which is only a few steps away. They spend lavishly when decorating their homes but try to avoid spending in the way of Allah Almighty to such an extent that despite it being obligatory, some people do not pay zakāt. They adopt many different methods of attaining wealth but are lazy with regards to increasing in pious deeds.

Remember! There is still time. Awaken from your heedlessness and repent immediately, lest death takes you suddenly from a glittering, light-filled room and soft mattress and delivers you to a dark grave filled with worms and insects, where you are left shrieking, “O Lord! Return me to the world so that I may worship you ardently. I will spend all my wealth in your path and offer all five daily prayers with the congregation,