Sayyidunā Dhū al-Qarnayn responded, “I do not know. Tell me, who is this?”

The leader said, “This was also a king. He had witnessed the oppression and cruelty of the previous king, so he adopted humility, feared Allah, and governed with justice and fairness. Finally, death came to him too; his deeds were also counted, and in the afterlife, he will be recompensed for those deeds.”^[1]

The world is a place of admonition

اللہ اکبر! Dear Islamic brothers! I tell you truthfully: This world is not a place of luxury and enjoyment; it is an abode of admonition and counsel. Every particle here holds a separate tale of admonition. This moon, sun, stars, these shining days, these dark nights, this fading youth, emerging old age, these rising funerals, the growing population of graveyards — everywhere there is admonition. Even our homes where we live, our very existence, all of this, is a source of admonition, a lesson! If only we become those who take heed.

Allah Almighty states in the noble Quran:

وَّ سَکَنْتُمْ فِیْ مَسٰکِنِ الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَہُمْ وَ تَبَیَّنَ لَکُمْ  کَیْفَ فَعَلْنَا بِہِمْ  وَ ضَرَبْنَا  لَکُمُ  الْاَمْثَالَ (۴۵)

And you resided in the homes of those who wronged their souls, and it had become absolutely clear to you how We treated them, and We stated examples for you.^[2]