The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Hour will not begin until time passes quickly, so a year will be like a month, and a month will be like a week, and a week will be like a day, and a day will be like an hour, and an hour will be like the burning of a braid of palm leaves.” (Ahmad)
Day of Judgement is close.
Time seems to be racing forward. Ramadan began just then, and we are already at its end. This year just started, and its already nearly half way through. I am thirty. I feel like I am being hurled forward in time each day, getting to the end of the day and still having so much work left to do. This is a good reminder that there is no better time to stop procrastinating in worship and improvement. These are the only things that will remain at the end of the day. The clothes on the floor can be put away, they'll end up on the floor again. The dishes will keep piling. Craft papers will somehow always be scattered everywhere. There will be pen marks on the wall. But the time I spend worrying, being angry, being miserable - these times will never come back.
I came across an interesting verse today: And there are some who worship Allah on the verge of faith: if they are blessed with something good, they are content with it; but if they are afflicted with a trial, they relapse into disbelief, losing this world and the Hereafter. That is truly the clearest loss. (Quran - 22:11)
