!اللہ! اللہ This is an account to take admonition from. Shaddād possessed immense power and wealth! The noble Quran states that a city like the one he built was never built again in the world. Such immense wealth and riches! Such power and might, but the end was most dreadful!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The world is a deception

Dear Islamic brothers! Another name for the world is دارُ الغُرُور. It is a place of deception. Allah Almighty states:

وَ مَا الْحَیٰوۃُ الدُّنْیَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ  الْغُرُوْرِ (۱۸۵)

and the life of this world is merely a provision of deception.^[1]

We think we are powerful, we think we are young, we think we have money, wealth, riches, and a high position. Unrealistic hopes drown some, some pride themselves on their cleverness and cunning, some boast of a good voice, and some remain lost in the arrogance of their intellect.

Meaning, we remain in a state of immense pride, but this world is a deception. Time passes without one realising. In the end, Sayyidunā ꜤIzrāˈīlعَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم  arrives, the last gasp for air comes, our breath chokes, and everything remains as it was. Where did the wealth go? Where did youth go? Where did strength go? And where did that position go?!

The dreadful ends of perished nations

Allah Almighty states in the noble Quran: