Ramadan Reflection Day 15: By the Time

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Imam Khalid Latif
Executive Director, NYU Islamic Center

... In the commentary on the verse of wal-Asr, we find a story where a Muslim scholar centuries ago in Baghdad is contemplating on the verses of the Quran and begins to wonder why time is so important that God would take an oath by it. He continues to ponder upon this as he walks through a marketplace. In the market he comes upon a man who is selling ice and telling each passerby to be quick in purchasing it from him before it all melts under the heat of the Arabian sun. Upon seeing this, the scholar realizes why that oath is being taken by time. As this man is calling the people to buy his ice before drop after drop it is reduced to nothing, so too each of us are losing the seconds of the minutes of the hours that we have, and we won't ever be able to get them back.

Don't waste your time today and spend it like you will have as many tomorrows as you would like ...

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