I told my friend that there is no perfect life in this world because everything in this world will come to an end, some sooner than the other. In fact as humans, we don't actually know the true meaning of 'perfect life' as everything in this world is 'nisbi' in nature. Yes, we have the definition of 'perfect' in the dictionary but those definition is also created by an 'imperfect' being thus lacks the true meaning as understood by us, the mortal humans. In fact when we try to define 'perfect life' in our own words, we are actually defining it in based on our own perspective and what we believe as 'perfect', might not even be 'mediocre' to others. In the Quran, Allah describes the perception of humans about the worldy living lucidly on Surah Yunus Verse-24 as following.
Sesungguhnya bandingan kehidupan dunia hanyalah seperti air hujan yang Kami turunkan dari langit, lalu (tumbuhlah dengan suburnya) tanam-tanaman di bumi dari jenis-jenis yang dimakan oleh manusia dan binatang - bercampur-baur dan berpaut-pautan (pokok-pokok dan pohonnya) dengan sebab air itu; hingga apabila bumi itu lengkap sempurna dengan keindahannya dan berhias (dengan bunga-bungaan yang berwarna-warni), dan penduduknya pun menyangka bahawa mereka dapat berbagai-bagai tanaman serta menguasainya (mengambil hasilnya), datanglah perintah Kami menimpakannya dengan bencana pada waktu malam atau pada siang hari, lalu Kami jadikan dia hancur-lebur, seolah-olah ia tidak ada sebelum itu. Demikianlah Kami menjelaskan ayat-ayat keterangan Kami satu persatu bagi kaum yang mahu berfikir (dan mengambil iktibar daripadanya). Yunus-24
Human will always feel inadequate and unhappy in this world and that's why, Allah gives us Iman and Islam to guide our imperfection. There are so many verses in the Al-Quran describing the perfect life in akhirat and the following two qouted verses are some examples.
(Allah melakukan yang demikian) supaya Ia memasukkan orang yang beriman - lelaki dan perempuan - ke dalam syurga yang mengalir di bawahnya beberapa sungai; dengan keadaan kekal mereka di dalamnya, serta menghapuskan dosa-dosa mereka; dan adalah yang demikian itu pada sisi Allah - merupakan kejayaan yang besar (untuk mereka); Al-Fath 5
Diedarkan kepada mereka pinggan-pinggan besar dan piala-piala dari emas; dan di dalam Syurga itu pula disediakan segala yang diingini oleh nafsu serta di pandang indah oleh mata; dan (dikatakan kepada mereka): "Kamu adalah tetap kekal di dalamnya." - Al-Zukhruf 71
To me, perfecf life does not exist in this world. No matter how hard we try to have a perfect life, having all we want and what we need, we will never achieve that or be satisfied with it. However, knowing our limitations, we must not stop from learning new things in life and at least try to be perfect in whatever we are trying to achieve. The are so many things in this world that Allah has created for us to learn and to use as a guide for us to become a better person.
The photos of ants above are one of so many examples of how Allah created a small creature that seems very irrelevant to us but true to its form, this creature called ant is very important for ecological balancing of the world. I took these photos on Saturday morning and fully utilised my 60mm Macro lens for this purpose. After looking at them, I could not help but feel amazed of how 'perfect' Allah creation is no matter how small they are and I also realised that there are so many things that I do not know about life let alone to have a perfect living...
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