What goes through our minds when we see a cube of ice sitting in the plate, slowly meltin away, drop by drop?
Or when the lights go out and we see a candle burning, the wax dripping as it gets shorter and shorter?
Or the bar of soap on the sides of our sinks, getting tinier everyday we use it, until one day we can't use it anymore?
If we truly observe these everyday phenomena, we will have realized that these are all examples of our lives.
Allah Ta'ala has awarded us this short temporary worldly life as a priceless opportunity to attain His pleasure for eternity. Every second that we have in our hands is like an expensive pearl in need of our utmost protection so that it can be spent in the most profitable of actions. Thus we should refrain from wasting our time, and spending it in futile actions which will be of absolutely no benefit to us, not in this world, nor in the hereafter.
If only we could realize the gravity of the matter. Every breath we take our time gets shorter, every second that passes by, our candle gets shorter, until one day it will be all gone, and the flame of our worldly life will be snuffed out forever, never to return. May Allah enable us to spend our time correctly, ameen.
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