Have you ever thought about
the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into
the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?
Have you ever thought about
how the fragrant and beautifully colored flowers you see everyday have come out
of pitch black, muddy soil?
Have you ever thought about
how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast
that we are unable to see them?
Have you ever thought about
how the peels of fruits such as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve
as wrappings of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings
so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?
Have you ever thought about
the possibility that while you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your
home, your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few seconds you
could lose everything of the world you possess?
Have you ever thought of how
your life passes away very quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak,
and slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?
Have you ever thought about
how one day you will find the angels of death appointed by Allah before you and
that you will then leave this world?
Have you ever thought about
why people are so attached to a world from which they will soon depart when
what they basically need is to strive for the Hereafter?
Man is a being whom Allah
furnishes with the faculty of thought. Yet, most people do not use this very
important faculty as they should. In fact, some people almost never think.
In truth, each person
possesses a capacity for thought of which even he himself is unaware. Once man
begins to use this capacity, facts he has not been able to realize until that
very moment begin to be uncovered for him. The deeper he goes in reflection,
the more his capacity to think improves, and this is possible for everyone. One
just has to realize that one needs to reflect and then to strive hard.
الله سبحانه وتعالى
