by Umme Adil Nawaz

Created on: October 31, 2010

Surah Al-'Asr

One of the biggest assets, which Allah has given to each and every individual, is time... twenty four hours a day, no more no less... whether you are rich or poor, young or old, living in the east or in the west... the amount of time given every day for every person is the same. And it is a treasure which keeps going out of our hands... slipping away into a place from where we cannot bring it back.

So the only way to avoid losing this treasure is to use it... every moment is like a jewel and we must buy a good deed with it... this is the test of life... to buy the most deeds, the best deeds, most pure in intention and excellent in their quality... But who is going to tell   us   whether   we   are   buying   the   right   things   with   our   time   or   are   we   just   collecting worthless trash?

 “By the time through the ages! Surely mankind is in loss.” (103:1, 2)

 It is such a deception that instead of asking Allah for the true guidance, we have formed our

own opinions about life and think them to be enough as our guiding principles. But if our ideas and principles don’t match with Allah’s commands then what will we gain at the end of the day?

That is why Allah is warning us in very clear words that if we don’t turn to Him for guidance then it is the greatest loss which we are inflicting on ourselves... So only those people will be saved from this loss who have the following qualities:

“Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds; “(103:3)

What does faith have to do with success or failure? Is being a good person not enough? But if you think about it, what good can be in a person who denies the Creator and Sustainer? Can an ungrateful person who takes everything and then denies the Provider be called a good person?

 The fact is that faith in one Allah is the root of all goodness. And it is the only motivation for us to be consistently   obedient   to   Allah   and   to   be   unconditionally good   to people. But we cannot remain steadfast on our faith and good deeds unless we make a conscious effort to spread this goodness to others too...

“And advised one another to the truth” (103:3)

Human beings cannot survive in

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