13/ The Temporary Nature of Life - Spiritual Check-Up Series - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

- Realizing the vulnerability of human life through the COVID-19 pandemic - While people have different opinions on many aspects of life, noone denies the reality of death - Despite the inevitability of death, very little is known about it - This world has been created to be of use to mankind, who has successfully used it to advance civilization. However this occassionally leads to arrogance of man, leading him to forget the Creator - Major calamities such as Coronavirus remind us of our place, hopefully instilling a sense of humility - Narrating a related story of the 6th Imam and the Abbasi caliph Mansur ad-Dawaqi - Remarking on various comments made by some speakers who claim God sent down Coronavirus as a punishment on specific nations, and the dangers of such statements - A reminder of the certainty of death, and how it can come at any time - Advice of Imam Ali in Nahjul Balagha sermon 182, describing death and the example of Prophet Sulayman Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiWrxSBgXI98_3Cf4wYbpZMkpwTzO45AN MP3:  https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/Jaffari/Seminars/Spiritual-Check-Up/Check-up-Series-13-May-1-2020.mp3 Spiritual Check-Up Video Series - Video 13 Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi Date: May 1st, 2020 Youtube: https://youtube.com/islamicentre Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/islamicentre Facebook: https://facebook.com/IslamiCentre.org Website: https://islamicentre.org https://facebook.com/sayyidmrizvi https://instagram.com/sayyidmrizvi https://twitter.com/sayyidmrizvi