Explanation of the verses of the chapter that were read previously.

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter on Encouraging Asceticism Regarding the World and Taking Little from It":
The world is this life in which we live. It is called "dunya" (world) for two reasons. .
The second reason is that it is base and is nothing in comparison to the Hereafter. As Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from the hadith of al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is the world.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned many verses, all of which indicate that a person of intellect should not rely on the world, or be deceived by it, or be distracted by it from the Hereafter, or have it prevent him from the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Among them is His saying: : meaning the rain, : meaning it was completed, : as if it had not been. This is worldly life. Consider this in your reality: how many people you lived with who lived in this world a satisfying life, with comfort, companionship, children, wives, palaces, and cars, and then they departed from it as if they had not been yesterday. They departed from it, or something comes to their world that destroys it. How many a rich person with great wealth became poor, asking people for help? This is the world. And Allah struck this parable so that we would not be deceived by it. : meaning this kind of detail and clarification, : for those who have thought in matters and look at consequences. Then He said: : meaning what is the difference between this and that? The abode of peace is Paradise. I ask Allah to make me and you among its people. The abode of peace is safe from every sorrow, from every bitterness, from every harm. When He mentioned the world, He said: , so to which of the two do you incline? There is no doubt that a person of intellect inclines to the abode of peace, and the abode of perishing, bitterness, and annoyance does not concern him. So He (Blessed and Exalted is He) calls all creation to the abode of peace, : guidance is restricted; He did not say He guides everyone, , so who is the one worthy and deserving of Allah's guidance? It is the one who turns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as He said: , and He said: , so whoever has a good and sincere intention seeking the Face of Allah and the Hereafter, this is the one whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guides, and he is included in His saying: .
Then the author mentioned other verses, such as His saying: : meaning its meaning is that worldly life is like water that we sent down from the sky, which caused the earth to grow, and then it became dry stalks that the winds scatter. It dried up and the winds blow it away. So it is also with the world.
And He said: : these are five things, all of which are nothing: play, amusement, adornment, boasting among you, and competition in wealth and children. Their example is: : the disbelievers were amazed, because they are the ones who cling to the world, and the world intoxicates their minds. So this is a plant that grew from the rain, and the disbelievers were amazed at it, at its beauty and its freshness, : it disappears, : so which do you want? You want the Hereafter. The Hereafter has severe punishment for whoever prefers the world over the Hereafter, and it has forgiveness from Allah and pleasure for whoever prefers the Hereafter over the world.
And a person of intellect, when he reads the Qur'an and reflects, knows the value of the world and that it is nothing and that it is a farm for the Hereafter. So look at what you have planted in it for your Hereafter. If you have planted good, then be glad of the harvest that will please you. And if it is the opposite, then you have lost both the world and the Hereafter. We ask Allah for safety and well-being for us and for you.