The world is worth less than the wing of a mosquito in the eyes of Allah. The creator of the world, Allah himself curses the world, yet we spend day after day, month after month, year after year in trying to attain this witch in bridal clothing. While the world continues to run away from us, we are blindly running after it in a mad rat race, utterly oblivious to the fact that our stay here is short and temporary, like the stay of a rider taking rest under a tree, who then resumes his journey.
We blindly spend our entire lives in search of the elusive world, trying to get a grasp of it, and indulging in it to the fullest, while we don't even give a moment for preperation of the hereafter, which is eternal. Doesn't make sense does it? What's even more surprising is that we all know that our time in this world can end at any given moment, without warning, and without any advance notice, yet we turn a blind eye to this undeniable fact, a fact which no man has had the temerity to deny.
After spending our entire lives blindfolded to the truth, it is only after death that our eyes shall open to reality. Then, alas, it is too late. We were given time to realize the truth, and to traverse the straight path to success, albeit the path less travelled. We instead, chose to ignore the clear directions and instructions given to us, and preferred to go off-course and take the small side roads, assuming that we would eventually find success. Alas, it is only after our eyes close for the last time, never to see the light of this world again, do we realize that by taking the side roads and gullies, we got lost.
After death, it is too late to find our way back to the straight path, for the hereafter is a time of reckoning and not deeds, and NOW is the time to do the deeds that will keep us on the straight path, and prevent us from veering off into dark allies where Shaytan and his henchmen lurk. May Allah keep us on the straight path, amin.
No comments:
Post a Comment