Life

Come spring, they start tobud. Soon, the bare branches sway and
rustlewith an abundance of green leaves. Oh the tree looks so full,
vibrant, and lush! How beautiful, subhanAllah!
Now, imagine if you were a beautiful leaf on such a beautiful tree… if
you were a leaf on the tree… if you, with your ability to contemplate
death, were a leaf on thetree. As beautiful as the season of growth
is, it comes to an end and the leaves on deciduous trees fall one
after another to display the bare branches once again. Just like that,
it ends. A tree full of leaves for a determined season. Just like
that, it ends. If you were a leaf and weregiven knowledge about the
history of leaves before you and what wasto eventually become of you,
you may be grateful for the chance to experience life on the tree
while always mindful that it will end ina short season. While the tree
may hold hundreds of leaves at any given season, you would think about
the hundreds of thousands that have come and gone before you (though
they are no longer visible) and realize that you are nothing but a
passing leaf… while you feel important at that moment, feel so aware
ofyour existence, so sure ofyourself… would you ignore the fact that
so many leaves have come and gone before you andthat the number of
leaves that have fallen increasingly outnumber the number on the tree
at any given season?
Likewise, while we may think there is an undying, ever
improving,global trend to follow – apopular way that may be deemed
secure, fashionable, modern, economically sound, and civilized – we
should try to remember that the only thing that is increasing is the
number of those who have passed through this world of man-made trends
already – death.
The world population currently sits at around 7 billion – can we even
comprehend what this means if all of these people were gathered
together in one place? Now, try to think about the number of human
beings that have come and gone already – no need to think too far
back… just consider the past 100 years alone. Look it up… can we
comprehend such a number? What if we went even further back to 1000
years? Can we comprehend such a number? Can we imaginethat many more
people roaming the earth, competing with each other for resources,
caught up in trends? Can we imagine the impact such a number of people
would have on the environment? Likely not (at least not fully), though
we must try to keep our existence in context with our eventual death…
contemplate, as we've been granted the ability to do so… be ever
grateful to Allah Ta'aala for the life granted to us… and make proper
use of our short time – asthe Creator and Sustainerof life asks us to
use our time…
Peace.

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And Allah Knows the Best!

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M NajimudeeN Bsc- INDIA

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