Why can't I have the better of both worlds ?

The good things of this life make a brave show but they are nothing compared with the good of the hereafter. Both are provided by Allah but the former are given to the just and the unjustas a test and trial and in any case will pass away while the latter come especially from Allah for his devoted servants and are incomparible of mroe value and will last through eternity. (Abdullah Yusuf Ali Qur'an Tafsir; n. 2656).

This from personal experience, there was a time I considered this carefully. If we act righteously and fulfill all of Allah (swt)'s command does Allah not teach us to live the best possible life that we can live ? I kept asking myself why I saw so many good people that were living bad lives or why good things end. Than I heard a lecture by Nouman Ali Khan which answered my question. Sometimes Allah (swt) tests us, and everytime we pray often times we ask for things in this life and forget the hereafter. Allah (swt) wants to make us realize that there is a hereafter. That there is many good things beyond our basic comprehension in Jannah afterwards. Sometimes we are so attached to the dunya that we need to be detached from it and that is when the question of faith versus the world comes in. If you were paid a billion dollars to compromise you faith would you take it or leave it? Eventhough Allah teaches us how to attain success both in this world and in the hereafter if the question of compromising your faith came into play than would you choose what is right or what is a reward in this world? Would you compromise your ethics for money? For pleasure? Are you truly doing your acts out of sincere faith to Allah or for the purpose of the world? We can't always have the better in both world but we have to make a decision of what is more important to us. Allah (swt) promises us that for our efforts he will reward us with what is better but he are still tested if Allah's commands are more important to us in this world and if we truly believe in Jannah and Jahanam or if we seek worldy benefits.

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