Since our childhood we always celebrate our birthdays and on this occasion we always wish for hundred years of life. We always wish that we will live long how much? The greed for the life never full fill. The thrust for life increase day by day. We all know that no one in this world survive ever and death is the bitter reality of this world but we wish that we will live longer as much as possible. The medical science always try to find the ways which will not only improve our health but also increase the average age of the humans. Now we all know that the average age of our country is not more then sixty five years and in some country it may be more then eighty years.
There are very few examples in the current world where the people have to touch the figure of hundred, but the question is about our wish to live. When you will ask this question from your self then for with in no time you will say that you want to live for hundred years. You always think that if the others have to reach that age then why you can't. To discuss this thing kindly read the following verse of the Holy Quran in which Allah clearly mentioned our greed for life:
"And you will most certainly find them the greediest of men for life (greedier) than even those who are polytheists; every one of them loves that he should be granted a life for thousand years, and his being granted a long life will in no way remove him further off from the chastisement and Allah sees what they do."
(Surah No: 2 & Verse No: 96)
Allah clearly mentioned that each one wants that Allah will granted him more then thousand years but the question is why we need so much life. Allah also informed us that we are actually perturbed about the life hereafter. We want that no chastisement will occur for us, no trial and no punishment. To avoid this thing we don't want to die and want the age more and more and more..... But Allah informed us that this age will not save us from the chastisement and we should not messy the things of this life and life hereafter. Long live does not mean that Allah will forgive us on our sins.
We need to understand this fact that the death is the cruel reality of this world and we must understand that one day we will die and since we do not know how much our life remaining so we need to spend every second of our life according to the communication of Quran and Sunnah.
