Create provisions of Taqwa


We are so obsessed with physical health and fitness with no regard for our spiritual health, yet anything can happen. A poet says: Oh son of Adam Prepare for death Create provisions of Taqwa For indeed you do not know When the night falls with its complete darkness Whether you will survive until the morning There are many young men who spent the morning and evening smiling and laughing And unknown to them, their shrouds have already come down from the heavens And there are many brides who have been beautified for their grooms And the souls of both the bride and the groom have already been claimed on the night of Qadr And there is many a little child Whose clothes have been sewn (for the future) But already their little bodies have been entered into the darkness of the graves And there are many healthy people who have died suddenly without cause And there are many ill people who have lived on for a great length of time (note the poem was translated by the respected Shaykh from the original Arabic). [This excerpt is based on a spiritual gathering held by Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq on 16th November 2014].
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