The concept of time

Asalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu,

I’ve been thinking lately. About the concept of time. Its something that I just can’t seem to understand. Where does it go? Why can’t we see it leaving?

Have you ever sat down and thought about the concept of time? Have you ever dreamed of a day and waited for it to happen, unable to imagine that day actually approaching? But then that same day passes you by without you even taking notice? Think about it tomorrow morning you will have already read this post, meanwhile you are just at the beginning of it right now. You would have gone to bed and woken up. But you can’t imagine that right now can you? You are stuck in the present.

Where does the time go? When I think about it in detail it makes my heart race and leaves me with an unspeakable sadness. The other day a friend and me were discussing the concept of time and it left us speechless. More or less in about 60 years from now we will no longer be on this earth. We will be a mere memory at the least. Someone people mention in passing, or maybe someone none mentions at all. This very moment, me sitting in my living room typing away at my laptop will never be the same. I will never get to relive that moment. Doesn’t that scare you?

It scares me to the core of my existence that I am but an hourglass, and with each particle of fallen sand my life is withering away. Life is in the now. You cannot go back and change it once your time runs out, and the funny part about life is that you do not see it coming or going. Doesn’t that scare you?

We spend our lives in search of this world, and the goods within it. Every awakening moment is spent trying to better our careers, our homes, and our friendships. But the hourglass is still going. Yet we are caught up in the delusions of this life unaware of how much time we have left. Imagine if you had an hourglass above your head with your time remaining, how then would you go about the land? Any second could be your last. Doesn’t that scare you?

We don’t get it do it over again, we don’t get a second chance. When your time is up, that’s it- shows over. Your account is between you and Allah. And the life you lived, tell me what was it worth? Was it worth all the fun and games? Do you really believe we were created for mere play, and to Our Lord we wouldn’t return? Did you believe your sole purpose in this world was to build yourself a home in this temporary enjoyment? What did you think we were here for? For if it had been anything short of a test, then Allah would have allowed us to have fun in heaven. We were sent to this earth as a test. Doesn’t that scare you?

When you think about the concept of time. Try to imagine eternal; day after day after day. Can your brain really imagine that? Think of all the things you can do, sleep, eat, play, talk, whatever your heart desires—without an hourglass above your head. This will go on forever. It’s hard to grasp the concept of forever isn’t it? But that will be our final outcome. Isn’t it hard to grasp the fact that although now you are reading this, one day you will be standing infront of your Lord? One day you will be gathering for reckoning? And I swear to you By the Lord of the Kacbah that day is approaching while we still don’t understand the concept of time. Doesn’t that scare you?

Oh my brothers and sisters in Islam, take advantage for the days are short and numbered, and one day we will be from amongst the people of the grave. I beg of you to all return to Allah with a beautiful repentance and start paying attention to the time slipping between your fingers. We were not made for this world, our home is in the hereafter.

 

I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the last and final messenger… There are 3 groups of Muslims. 1) Those that sin. 2) Those who don’t sin and warn others. 3) Those who don’t sin but don’t warn others. Ya Allah do not write me amongst the first and third group of Muslims. To anyone this message reaches, know that it is obligatory upon the Muslim to enjoin good and forbid evil wherever it may be.