Allaah, the Glorified and the Most High, has given us similes and
parables in this regard in His Book in regards to the reality of wealth and
treasures. If you have a wall, not matter how much you beautify it, it remains
to be a wall. It is made of mud and clay, and this reality does not change.
Just by placing on it treasures and wealth doesn’t make it any greater in its
true status and value.
“Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp
and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children,
as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the
tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes
straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers,
evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for
the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving
enjoyment.” [al-Hadeed 57:20]
Contemplate on this Aayah and you will have the greatest of
understandings of the true reality of wealth. You could amass a lot of wealth,
but its simile is that of spring. Wealth comes and it is bound to decay. The
parable given here is like a lush farm, its greenery is pleasing to the eye but
when the season comes, it is bound to rot and become brown and yellow until it
is carried away by the wind.
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