STRUGGLE
The sole way of salvation and deliverance from
eternal damnation towards which Surah Al-’Asr points is that every human being
should strive and struggle within the limits of his capacity to attain the
maximum degree of faith, righteous action, enjoinment of truth and of
constancy. As far as the question of determining one’s capacities is concerned,
there is a simple and foolproof procedure for this which each may apply to
himself.
Self deceiving and self-pitying excuses of incapability may be induced by Satan (Devil), but the honest test of self-assessment is quite simply this: each Muslim should ask himself to what extent he is exerting himself in the economic struggle of life and to what degree his capacities and potentialities, mental and physical, are becoming visible in the over-all course of mundane pursuits. If a weak, frail and ungifted person who has either met complete failure or lagged far behind in the struggle of worldly existence tenders on the Day of Judgement some excuse for his shortcoming and deficiency in spiritual attainments, he is most likely to be pardoned by the Grace of Allah. But surely those who are progressing and flourishing in worldly matters cannot legitimately make such excuses. Nor should they expect from Allah any mercy on them.
A Quranic verse puts this unambi-guously in these words:
“Nay, man will be a telling witness against himself, even though he were to put forward excuses!’ (LXXV:14, 15)
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