Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
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of his endeavours, and leads him to the final point
at which he will experience their results. What a
critical matter this is! If only man could come to a
mature understanding of this before he died!
Afterwards, his realization of this will be of no
avail. It is too late to become aware of the truth after
death for then there is no time to consider the
gravity of one’s errors, no time for repentance, no
time for atonement.
Man’s destiny is unknown to him. He is barely
aware that time is conveying him at a breakneck
pace towards the harvesting of his crop. While he
considers himself occupied in a worthwhile way all
he may actually be doing is straining after paltry
worldly profits; he may just be frittering away his
precious time. He has before him a wonderful
opportunity to ensure a sublime future for himself,
but more often than not he chooses to waste his
time on trivialities.
His Lord is calling him towards paradise, a place of
eternal honour and bliss, while he, in his ignorance,
is bent on pursuing pleasures which are illusory,
and which cannot last. He reckons that he is adding
