Exhortation to work before it is too late..., by Ibn Qudama Al Maqdissi

Exhortation to work before it is too late... , by Ibn Qudama Al Maqdissi, Original title of the book: الوصية المباركة ابن قدامة المقدسي , Translation supervised by the publishing house

Know, may ALLAH have mercy on you, that this life is a field of labor for the hereafter . This lower world is only a place of trade where all kinds of goods are found that we are supposed to acquire as provisions (which will be our benefit in the hereafter ) .

It is by the acquisition of these provisions that the first Mussulmans distinguished themselves, that the pious knew success , that the truthful succeeded. Those who worked reaped the rewards of their efforts, while those who told lies find themselves at a loss.