The Mirror to Take Lessons..
Every rising dawn means the opening of a new page from the book of life… What will be written on that page which will be read at the dawn of the Day of Resurrection? What will fill that page?
Every noon when the sun reaches the meridian and the shadows disappear reminds us the Judgement Day when there will be no shadow.
Every afternoon with its prolonged shadows reminds us that the sky will turn dark soon and that we should hurry to reach our destinations. It is a warning that the time flies and runs out…
Reminding us the terrifying Judgement Day when the universe will explode, every sunset is a wonderful display covering the horizons…
What the nights will bring is a secret and an enigma… While the daytime is filled with physical activities and abundance, the nights are the times of spiritual journeys with the sky full of stars…
The fall reminds the transience and the winter reminds the death. The spring reminds us the resurrection, while the summer reminds us the eternal harvest.
The calendars in the sky never stop and the pages of the calendars on the wall of our rooms are running out one by one… The years are changing and the months and weeks are running out… While the heedless ones are happy by saying “a new year is starting” or saying “It is my birth day, I am beginning my new age”, the wise souls are worried about the question “How was this year recorded in my book of deeds?”
Where does the time come and to where does it flow? When and where will it end?
Allah Almighty guides us to contemplate about the transiency of everything by the first revealed verse of the Qur’an.
“Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created” (al-Alaq, 96: 1)
“Read every event and every incident… Let your soul meet with Allah Almighty by every incident…”
This is the best divine favor for those who progress spiritually… With these lessons and the signs, Allah Almighty reminds the people on the one hand His omnipotence and His favors to His servants, and on the other hand the transiency of this world and the eternity of the hereafter.
It is essential to keep this verse in mind in every moment of our lives. Our hearts should tremble before everything that we see in accordance with the verse ” (al-Anfal, 8: 2). This is the most obvious indication for the development of our hearts.
Source: The Universe, The Qur’an And The Human, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Erkam Publications