What time is it?

"i'm sorry, no time for that"

"been there, done that! gotta run, time's running out,"

"put your pens down, it's time!"

"you know what? i just had the best time of my life,"
so, these are the lines that we hear about time. everybody wants to make use of their time doing what they thought is the best thing to do at that very moment. especially uni students who often claimed to be busy and so they come up with these smart timetables (or electronic planners or whatever it is that people use these days) to manage their time. Hm, well different people have different priorities and so they spend their time doing waht they thought is worthwhile. some people like spending time with family and friends and maybe the rest, doing their hobbies, etc.

Time is a gift. It is one of the best gift from Allah. why? because He actually gave us space and freedom in deciding how we should make use of the time. He gave us time to live and learn as we live. time is very precious because we won't even realise that we had been using the time. importances and priorities..what is our priority? for example the priority of a nurse is to care for the ailing, the farmer is his crops and the teacher is her students. what about priority of a Muslim? how do we relate this to time?

Surah al-Asr;

1. By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

2. Verily Man is in loss,

3. Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.

a Muslim who truly understands that this life is very sudden and believes of the Hereafter would agree that there is always limited time. How would a Muslim make use of every single second of his life so that he could succeed both in the world and the Hereafter when there is so little time and there's so many things to do? That is why it is important for us to dedicate the things that we do in our daily lives to the only One. that is the reason that we live for, it is stated in the Quran that:

Surah Adh-Dhariyat:

I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me. (51:56)

So, we as the servants of Allah, need to comply with this as it is our most innate responsibility as a Muslim. Dedication of everything that you do, even go to the uni, to study for your chem test, to visit your frieends, to lend an ear to somebody, to take a bath, everything!! these could all be dedicated for Allah, for He is the only reason that we live for.

So, don't waste time!! Do something that could contribute towards your iman. We don't have much time left, do we?