Man Know Thyself
A Last Word
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to experience the results thereof. After death there
will be no further opportunity to struggle, and it
must be borne in mind that the afterlife will never
terminate. What a critical matter this is! If only man
could come to a mature understanding of this
before he died, because his later realization will be
of no avail. Becoming aware of the truth only after
death is too late. There is no time then to consider
the gravity of one’s errors, no time for repentance
and certainly no time for expiations.
Mankind is oblivious of his destiny, while time is
conveying him with the utmost speed towards the
harvesting of his crop. He is busily engaged in
procuring paltry worldly profits, and considers
himself worthily occupied, whereas, in fact, he is
just frittering away his precious time. He has before
him a superb opportunity to ensure a prosperous
future for himself, but instead, he chooses to occupy
himself with bagatelles. His Lord is calling him
towards paradise, a place of endless honour and
bliss, while he, in his ignorance, is immersed in
ephemeral and delusive pleasures. He reckons that
he is saving, but in fact he is squandering. While
constructing his worldly mansion, he is labouring
