Time: No Going Back

[Umm Aysha]

Asalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatahu



Time: No Going Back​

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do ? Draw out every penny, of course !!!!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.

Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back.

There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success !!!

To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the person waiting for a late Bus. To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train. To realise the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident. To realise the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics. Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.

And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present !!!


Surah Al-Asr
1. By Al-'Asr (the time).

2. Verily! Man is in loss,

3. Except those who believe (in Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'rûf)which Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar)which Allâh has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allâh's Cause during preaching His religion of Islâmic Monotheism or Jihâd, etc.)

wasalam

 

[zarqa]

that is absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing that with us. it makes you realise life really is so precious and you have to live life to the best of your ability because you never know when your time is up, only allah the all knowing has that information.

 

[ditta]

I have to agree, i have shared this story with colleagues in my class and some liked it, but well some carried on what they were doing or laughed

 

[Peace2u]

Salam alai kum,

Thank you for sharing this with us. It makes us realise how precious time really is, and how we must spend it while we are fortunate to be alive.

Salam

 

[nyerekareem]

salaam

i really liked your post :ma:

 

[suumaya]

Asalamu alaykum

Masha allah sis, you really make a beautiful post everytime, (may allah subhana wata allaa) reward you for reminding us about time and all the other things... Jazakallah khair.