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Modern Day Poverty
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While the world continues to progress technologically, faster than it’s growth in technology, it’s retrogressing morally and spiritually. While life seems to become easier theoretically, in theory, when you analyse life today, we have such advanced modes of transport, such easy ways of communication, in theory life seems easier than previous times, but practically life has become more challenging than the previous times. Tension, depression and frustration has become the order of the day. Happiness, joy and prosperity is something of the past. The very fears that haunt the minds of every individual that are ever lurking, “i must never be poor” “i must never be diagnosed with cancer” this must never happen, these fears are ever lurking in the heart and in the mind of every man is sufficient depression in the life of every person. The only way to avert financial depression is to convince yourself that Allah is the sustainer. The fluctuation in the currency and fake predictions of the economists, the competitors in the market will not make a difference to you. This is the modern day poverty. In the midst of comfort and luxury there is no joy. Prophet Muhammad saw said in the narration of ibn hibaan “know abu zar, wealth in essence is the contentment of the heart” nothing in this world can give you that contentment that is divine from Allah. The one who has contentment in his heart, then no amount of calamities and tragedies will harm or depress this

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