Seize the Day, Tomorrow is not Yours
Creator: Sumayyah bint Joan
Date: 2007-08-11
Format: text
Identifier: http://www.islamworld.net/seize_the_day.html
Language: en
Subject: death
Title: Seize the Day, Tomorrow is not Yours
Created on: Sat Aug 11 12:02:18 -0400 2007
Updated on: Sat Aug 11 12:02:18 -0400 2007
Version: 1
Abstract: ... or ourselves treasures in Heaven. For He, subhanahu wa taala, also says, "O you who believe! Revere Allah, and let every person look to what he has sent forth for the morrow; and revere Allah. Allah is well Aware of what you do. And be not like those who forgot (disobeyed) Allah, and He caused them to forget themselves. Those are the disobedient. Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of Jannah. It is the dwellers of Jannah who will be successful." [59:18-20] He also tells us that we do not know the hour of our own deaths, or in what land we will die. But He through His unending Mercy toward us, has given us ways to prepare for the inevitable now, because once we've passed from this life to the next, there is no coming back to do the things we should have done. For Allah says, "Until death comes to one of them, he says, 'My Lord, send me back. Perhaps I may do good in that which I have left behind.' No, it is but a word that he speaks, and behind them is a barzakh until the day when they are raised up." [23:99-100] Allah has given us ways to protect ourselves from the punishment of the grave. One of these ways is by fighting in the Cause of Allah. It is reported that a man asked the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, "O Messenger of Allah, why are all the believers tested in the graves except a martyr?" He, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, said, "The... [Full Article...]
