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The world is nothing but that this world is nothing but that this whole world is one of these five things.

This whole world is one of these five categories.

Now our scholars say this doesn't mean that every single aspect of this dunya is one of these five because no doubt good deeds do not come under these five categories.

Rather what Allah is saying the majority of what mankind does is these five categories.

The bulk or the default is that mankind involves themselves in these five categories.

What are these five categories?

Number one, i alamu, annam al-hatudunya, laib, laib, what is laib?

We all know what laib means to play and playing is something you do to bring comfort to the body,

to bring comfort to the body, to spend some time to pass the hours away,

but generally speaking the benefit is not as much as the time invested.

This is what laib is and that is the reality of playing, right?

That's what we call playing on our games, playing on our Wii or the Xbox, right?

Playing outside.

Generally speaking the amount of time you invest, what is the main purpose of it to pass the time?

You want to cut some hours away, right?

To find some merriment in the body and what do you gain back from the play?

You gain some benefit, there's a little bit of Faida, but generally speaking,

the benefit is not worth the time invested, especially when the playing becomes long.

This is laib. Number two is lahu.

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