When you talk about death, it scares you. Forget talk, even when you think about it, it brings goosebumps to your skin. When you think about entering the scary graveyard, dug specially for you, and you'd be covered in a white sheet, lowered in and covered back with the soil that was dug out. From then, you'll be all alone, in the dark. Okay, maybe not. There'll be angels asking you questions, and you will not speak, your body will. For those who did not do good, they will get tortured, a day feels like a thousand years or more. But for those who do, InshaAllah they would have a companion.
But like, you don't know when you're gonna die. It could be tonight, it could be tomorrow. It's all in the hands of God. What if it was too late? What if tomorrow you die, and you didn't get time to finish reading the Quran, or you didn't get time to ask for forgiveness from your Lord? What would happen? When you're in that tiny hole in the ground, you can't turn back time. You can't do the things you wish you had done when you had the time. Youth before old age. Most people take granted of that. Just because they're young, the think they'll live another 30 years, and then they'll be serious about doing good. Getting pahala. I mean, don't you ever stop to think of death? Don't you ever sit and wonder, if you change now, there might still be a chance that Allah would forgive your sins and let you enter Paradise?
If you see kids these days, all they think about is music and entertainment. Exams and grades. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the time they spent doing what Allah likes is just 10 minutes of the whole 24 hours He has given us. Sometimes even less. I'm sorry if whoever you are, you're offended by this, but think about it. Why are you offended? When the azan is sound, you don't immediately go to the bathroom to take your ablution, do you? You wait and wait, saying, "I'll pray later," until it's almost the end of the waktu. Do you know, when you say "later", it means you're saying no to Allah? You reject Him. For what? For music, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Just think, "what is more important?" The more you remember Allah, the more He will remember you.
How exactly are you gonna enter Paradise like that? Doing all that, it's following Satan. I don't know if it's Haram or not, listening to music and tweeting and whatever else. But I sure know that it's what Satan likes. When Allah showed angel Gabriel Paradise, he said, "I think everyone would want to enter here," and he said the opposite to Hell. Then, Allah filled Paradise with hardship, and filled Hell with entertainment. What do you think that means? I'm not saying everyone should never go on Facebook, never listen to music, never have entertainment, but limit yourself. When it's time to pray, pray first, then do whatever. I admit, even I do all that.
Be ready for death. That's what I'm saying. It could be really near and you wouldn't know. Just, be ready. One way is to take the most amazing book ever written and read. Read the Arabic words and read the English translation. I haven't read the translation, but insyaAllah I will, when I finish reading the Quran. But I do, I really really want to. Next time you pray, ask for forgiveness. Allah is Al-Ghafur, the Forgiving. Ask him to give you an nur, light, so one day you'd get your hidayah. InsyaAllah. "Allah won't change someone if he doesn't change himself first."
Ya Allah, bring us to Jannah, Amin.
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