of growing old while young. They think about the sickness and
helplessness that old agebrings and are worried about whether or not
there will be someone tolook after them when they get to that point.
There are many people who have such anxieties,who look pessimistically
towards old age.
Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be open to them, where they will
recline, calling for plentiful fruit and drink; and there will be
dark-eyed maidens with them with eyes reserved for them alone. This is
what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning. (Surah Sâd: 50-53)
Beginning in our 20's cell renewal in our bodies slows down and our
skin starts to lose its former elasticity. With the passing years the
effects of ageing become visible. This worries people. They sorrow as
they watch their youth slip away. Of course, this scenario applies to
people who have no iman. Believers submit to Allah in all the
illnesses and weaknessesthey may encounter in this transitory world;
as an act of worship they accept everything that happens to them and,
unlike those who have no deen, they live their lives without regret or
fear and anxiety. Moreover, they realise that the good things of this
world are intrinsically flawed and that the real life is the timeless
life of the worldto come. And they make every effort hoping to attain
the Garden.
Life in this world is fleeting and temporary. Allah has already
createdall the real blessings of the Garden, just as He has already
created the torments of the Fire. On the Last Day He will grant the
blessings to Hisfaithful slaves. People in the Garden will always be
young, attractive, healthy and robust.
Ageless youths will circulate among them,serving them. Seeing them,
you would thinkthem scattered pearls. (Surat al-Insan: 19)
No matter how long an individual may live within the limitations of
this life, no matter how late the signs of ageing appear, and no
matter how healthy he is, his life will certainly come to an end one
day. However, Allah points out in the Qur'an as doesthe Prophet that
eternal youth will be one of the blessings of the Garden:
The people of the Garden will enter the Garden hairless on their
bodies, beardless and dark-eyed, aged thirty or thirty-three years
old. (Narrated by Mu'adh ibn Jabal, at-Tirmidhi)
The thirties are the best time of life when the personality matures
and facial features, and the manner of speaking and acting become
established. But we mustnot forget that youthful vigour in the Garden
is not the same as it is in this world. That is because under earthly
conditions even a youngperson can live in great helplessness.
Allah has made a new creation in the Hereafterfor the inmates of the
Garden without any flawor imperfection. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us
about this and in particular how the people of the Garden will be
served by eternally young people:
Ageless youths will circulate among them, serving them. Seeing them,
you would think them scattered pearls. (Surat al- Insan: 19)
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