Closer and closer comes your reckoning...
"Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away." [Qur'an 21:1]
This is a warning from Allah of the approach of the Hour, and that
people are heedless of it, i.e., they are not working for it or
preparing for it.
Allah, the Most High, said:
They ask you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) about the Hour, - when
will be its appointed time? You have no knowledge to say anything about
it, To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof? You (O
Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) are only a warner for those who fear it,
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this
world) except an afternoon or a morning.
[Qur'an 79:42-46]
They ask you about the Hour (Day of Resurrection): "When will be its
appointed time?" Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (Alone).
None can reveal its time but He. Heavy is its burden through the heavens
and the earth. It shall not come upon you except all of a sudden." They
ask you as if you have a good knowledge of it. Say: "The knowledge
thereof is with Allah (Alone) but most of mankind know not."
[Qur'an 7:187]
The Prophet (S) said, whilst pointing with his index and middle
fingers, "The time of my advent and the Hour are like these two
fingers." In another report he (S) said, "The Hour almost came before
me." This indicates how close we are, relatively speaking, to the Hour.
Allah said:
"(Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah: seek, ye not then to hasten it." [Qur'an16:1]
"Only those wish to hasten it who believe not in it: those who believe
hold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth." (Qur'an 42:18)
In Sahih al-Bukhari, there is a hadith which states that a Bedouin asked
the Prophet about the Hour. He said, "It will surely come to pass. What
have you prepared for it?" The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have
not prepared much in the way of prayer and good works, but I love Allah
and His Messenger." The Prophet said, "You will be with those you love."
The Muslims had never rejoiced as much they did when they heard this
hadith.
Some ahadith report that the Prophet (S) was asked about
the Hour. He looked towards a young boy and said, "If he lives, he will
not grow very old before he sees your Last Hour coming to you." By this
he meant their death and entering the Hereafter, because everyone who
dies enters the Hereafter; some people say that when a person has died,
his Judgement has begun. This hadith with this meaning is "correct"
(sahih). Some heretics comment on this hadith and give it an incorrect
meaning. The exact timing of the Great Hour (as-sa'at al-'uzma) is
something which Allah alone knows and which He has not revealed to
anyone, as is clear from the hadith in which the Prophet said: "There
are five things which nobody knows except Allah;" then he recited,
"Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who
sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does anyone
know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does anyone know in
what land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and He is
acquainted (with all things)."
[Qur'an 31:34]
Every
single second passing by, we are getting closer to death and closer to
Judgement Day. InshaAllah we need to make use of our time because we
don’t want to be of those who have much regret on that Day. Our chance
is now and we have to take advantage of it.
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