The Silent Reminder
It doesn’t care about one’s age, social status, looks or one’s present situation. It could come on a calm way or in a harm way. No one could predicts when will it come, nor where. To whom it comes upon we always feel shocked, saddened, and helpless. No tools and gadgets could avoid it, no weapons could destroy it. It’s inevitable; it’s Death.
A family friend past away this week. Left a wife and a baby. Had a coma in the hospital after a car accident and died a week later. He was just 29, died when he was eager to spread God’s teaching and rules. Many came to his funeral and shed their tears, his students and sympathizers. Such a good person had gone. How pity.
I stumbled, stunned a while and look into my own life. He was an Ustad, a religion teacher, he must have a lot of good deeds carried to his grave, and heaven awaits him. What about me? What if my time is up? This sinner and bad doer. Who addicted to sins and wrong things. Who sometimes aware but hard to leave them. Sigh.
His death alarmed me that I got nothing to show to God, I have to do a lot to gain adequate ransom for my after life. I will always try, though. After each prayer I always ask Allah to show and take me to His divine path, to the ultimate truth and wisdom, always bless me with His kindness and love and let me die a good Moslem; a true believer.
Death always had been a silent reminder, a reminder that we don’t own this life. That we are living on a borrowed time from God and only He knows when it’s up. We’ll never know when our time is over, nor where and how. We might have enough good marks for our after live, but we might not. In this life we are planting tree that we will harvest in the next life, whatever it is we will earn it then. What God wants was simple but we are easily derailed and tempted; we just have to avoid sins and keep collecting good deeds; amal, not for His sake but for our own sakes. Easy but heavy.
May Allah grant us a long and good life, a useful life for ourselves and others, and may He always forgive our sins and let us die in Khusnul Khotimah. Amin.
if you wanna try to change your life. One thing you must do is HIJRAH.
Hijrah is not only stop doing your sin habits but also stay your self away from the “environment”.
My brother was an addict. But he is not anymore. He doesn’t only stop consuming the drugs but also stays away from the “environments” which makes him addicted.
Hijrah is the only answer for you.
Ansori said this on August 21, 2007 at 10:31 am
good advice ansori….:P
what we have to do is be honest of ourself aja lahhh.Life as something that maybe not a ‘delicious way’but can make it real on our face.then..on zaki…..
Kesamaia said this on August 22, 2007 at 11:35 pm