In the Name of Allāh.

Perfect praise to Allāh Who bestowed great favor on us through our existence by making it like a land to be cultivated for a juicy Hereafter. Indeed, whoever Allāh loves shall have most of his time excellently spent upon goodness before his or her existence gets terminated.

Respected Brethren! We need to seriously plan on how to make good use of our existence because it’s transient. Just consider the daily swift alteration of day to night and our gradual approach to the grave. Regardless of the number of years spent on earth, death shall one day cut our existence.

Allāh says (in Surah Al-Imran [3] verse 185): “Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing).”

I beseech Allāh to save us from deception and make our existence productive. (Aameen)