Just one of those random thoughts that strike my mind sometimes. I am reposting an article I wrote a while back.
Why do some people forget that they are just in this world on a temporary basis, after this life nothing they possess will stay with them or go with them where they are going.
Their grand parents are no more, some have lost their parents, their friends, their brothers, sisters, close friends.. and yet still don’t realize that what they have as in a house, a car, money possessions and everything around them is all going to stay right here.
And yes hmm there are no pockets on a kaffan (The white cloth covering the expired person)
What is our purpose in this world? Is it to earn as much money as possible? Well is it?
Lets assume it is..
We earn all the money, buy a massive house, a wonderful car and work in a big company showing the world that we are happy.
But are we? Are we really happy from deep inside? Who are we fooling?
Ourselves maybe?
So if we are fooling ourselves, isn’t it time that we stop right here, right now and wake up? This “waking up” is at least in our hands for the time being, but how many times do we forget to thank God when we wake up in the morning. Because just like all those we have lost in this world, who have left us nothing but a proof after proof that “you are coming where i am going”.
But why do some people forget that? Haven’t they seen their loved ones lowered into the darkest of the darkest parts of a graveyard? When they walk back home and sleep on the cozy lovely soft pillow don’t they realize that their loved one, their parents, their friends are at this very moment lying in the darkest part of the grave, amongst insects and other things that used to make them cringe.. things that which they saw in their kitchen they used to smack right there so they could have a clean house.. what now? Why can’t they realize that everyone is going to be reaching that place one day, without having any control over the date.
It’s like a plane journey, the only difference is that this journey will be a one way journey. Our luggage is our good deeds and prayers we have gathered by helping each other in this world, and the best part is the excess baggage is allowed.. but yes only of good deeds. If one has done bad deeds in this world, then expecting a good seat up there is kind of foolish.
But who has the chance to fix their life? Those that have already entered that grave or those of us who are lucky enough to be given a chance after chance, each second of the day? Why do most people still act like they are as dead as the dead themselves? Dead from inside…
I have seen people who see beggars and just the look on their face shows that if they even give them a single penny they will go bankrupt. But what do they lack? I must say that they might be suffering from amnesia. They forget their loved one they have just lowered into the grave a few days ago, they also forget that they only had a white cloth on their body. They also forget that their loved one didn’t have the car keys on them, or the keys to the safe, or the pin code to their credit card…
But yes!! They do remember and keep on doing what their loved one did.. to look at those unfortunate and laugh on them, they kind of keep the legacy going. But what kind of a lesson does one have to go through to truly realize that it’s time to wake up?
Does anyone know how we can wake each other up? Does anyone know any trick that I might not have heard of to keep each and every single thing I have managed to collect so that I can take it with me to the grave??
But yes, maybe I do know one truth. Something that no one can take away from me. That truth is hmm that the luggage I will take with me, is going to be the prayers from all those people who i could help in my lifetime by giving them time, by giving them support when they needed it, and by giving them money when even i didn’t have that much for myself.
I won’t forget where I am, and I won’t forget where I am going hmm I just pray and hope everyone else joins in and sees it. Not tomorrow, not after that. But NOW. Because no one knows where our next step will take us, no one knows how our words like swords go through the very core of someone’s heart.. I won’t forget that.. and I am sure you won’t either..
If we can help each other by helping those in need, no one can be luckier than us. If we can do it, if we can make time for it, its nothing short of a chance from God testing us, ke.. I give you the tools I provide you the platform, I give you the strength but are you going to use it to promote hatred and make the world just look at how to pleasure from life OR will you help those who have a right to smile and want to live but can not because you are too busy enjoying your life.. forgetting that they too are my people.
No, I am not going to do that.. I will definitely do all I can to change lives.
But still hmmm I sometimes wonder. Why do some people forget this…
5 comments:
This is why you’re my inspiration and a role model.
Meri mama hamesha kehti hain ke jo log sirf paise aur bade ghar ke bare mien sochte hain unse yeh poochna chahiye ke kya aap yeh sab apni kabar mien apne saath le kar jayeen ge? And today, you’ve said to same thing! One doesn’t get happiness by laughing at those who are “below” them because no one is below anyone. God has made everyone equal. Yeh alag baat hai ke unki destiney mien kuch alag likha tha.
One should never forget who they are and where their roots are. It’s very unfortunate that we have people in this world who forget ke aik time par unke paas bhi yeh sab nahi tha. They forget what their parents or grandparents have gone through to put food on the table. They forget that if God gives you everything in life, then he can most definitely take it back as well. He has not put them on this world to put other people down.
We’re all put here to make a difference in each other’s lives. We’re all put here to fulfill the gap that we have between us.
Unfortunatily, not everyone in this world things like you and me Wakas Bhai. Not everyone realizes that life is too short to be putting other people down and to laugh at others who are less fortunate.
Unfortunately, they will only learn the day they have to answer to God about what they’ve done on this earth while they were alive. When they were given a chance to make a difference in another persons life. However, then it will be a bit too late.
Thank you for your beautiful thoughts and for making us realize that one should never look down on anybody and shouldn’t take pride in the money they make.
Kehte hain na ke paisa pyaar nahi de sakta. Paisa aapko khushi nahi dela sakta. Paisa aapko sab kuch khareed sakta hai lakin pyaar, khushi aur paarivaar nahi.
Kaash Allah aise logoon ko koi akal de aur realize karwayee ke they need to wake up and look around them.
Hopefully they will wake up before it’s too late.
Like you said, in our fast paced, rat race kind of a life, we always look at amassing & getting more wealth & money & forget that when we came we came with nothing & go with nothing either. There is no end to that want for things ….
by this I am not saying forgo a comfortable life but if your little contribution somewhere can feed a hungry man or help someone in pain don’t you think the purpose of being born as a human being with a thinking mind is met?How much of the excess you have goes with you to your grave or how much will you keep for your children. I think you have in an amazing way made me think that if when am alive& i don’t put all my blessings to use, what use is it when am dead?
I applaud your thinking & thoughts & thank you for reminding me what a responsible human being should do. I also do make a promise to myself that for as long as I am able & am alive I will do whatever I can to help those who have been less fortunate, less luckier than me to make thier lives a little better than what it is.I may not have it in me to drastically change lives but I definitely intend to make a difference in as many lives as I can through little gestures flober Bless you Wakas for making me & many others think .
There is not much left for me to say, you have said it all, and jo reh gya tha little bittle wo Anam,Aarzoo sis, and Saanj ne fill kar diya Smile This is just reality, humari haqeeqat humari zindagi ka aik na jhutlaya jane wala sach, jo aya hai use jana hai, sochna yeh hai ke kya le ke jana hai…
As u said kuch bhi sath nahin jayega, only and only humare amaal, and duayein jo kisi bebas ke dil se nikalti hain humare liye bas….
Yes unfortunately it is like this ke there are not many ppl who thinks of others pain and need, who thinks ke yeh kaam sirf Allah ka hai to fulfill others need… hmmm.. i have even come across ppl who thinks that if Allah ne dena hota to unhe de deta na khud, their kismat hi aisi… Touba-astaghfar!!! Allah aisi soch ke malik logon pe rehm kare… as i always say ke Wo uper wale ki laathi be-awaz hoti hai, it wudnt take him a mili sec to change lives completely, phir kya kar sakta hai koi? NOTHING! Be careful…
Successful life wo nahin hoti jis mein bank balance ziyada ho, barhe barhe ghar hon, new model cars hon etc… no no… Successful are those ppl who have thoughts like you i believe… bcoz if one got the thinking like this one will definitely act towards them as well, and thats where success starts MashAllah! Smile
As i said ke sometimes laying on cozy pillow makes me think ke how would it be to have a stone under head, how would that feel? hmmmm… bhook lage to khane ko kuch na ho, peene ko kuch na ho, badan chupane ke liye kaprhe na hon… how wud that have felt? scaring na hmmm…. Allah hume isliye nahin deta ke hum khud pe istimaal karein only, but yeh dekhne ke liye ke hum karte kya hai, in other words hum tamashe kya karte hain… We really really really need to sit down and think about our purpose of life, ziyada nahin to atleast once a day hmmm, itna we owe ourselves….!
And humesha ki tarha once again i would also say ke mangne wale, and less fortunate jab humare samne ate hain, dont think wo lene aye hain, Allah send those ppl our way for us to earn something and apna bhala karne ke liye…..Its not us who give them, its them Who gives us! We should be thankful to them, and not oposite!
I sometimes think that when we plan a vacation, kitni tyari hoti hai, if its just for a weekend, 2 day or so… yeh rakhna hai yeh karna hai, we will need this and that etc etc… then why dont we think abt the journey jis pe hum ne jana hai, and we dont even know kab jana parh jaye, shouldnt we have our baggage ready? if we plan a vacation tab to we have time fixed na, and we can get our baggage ready by then araam se… but yeh safr kab karna parh jaye we have no clue… kya hum khaali hath jana chaheinge.. humein kisi cheez ki zaroorat parhe and humare paas ho hi na, and there is no shop on the way there anywhere, nothing… we wudnt be able to evev buy a little thing… nothing! what are we going to do then?! And + yeh ke that journey is forever and ever, no way back! Khali hath humesha ke liye?! oyi oyi oyi hmmmm…Us journey ka samaan kya hai bhala? Kisi ki di hui Duayein jo humare life bank mein hain, kisi ki zaroorat poori karna, apni so called “doulat” kisi se share karna, kisi ghum-zada ko mushurahat bakhshna…………..
Think abt it b4 its toooo late,Its NOW or NEVER!!
Good & touching topic , hope that will open some people eyes around Us..
For some people life is just fantasy & lie, because they Are effraid to see the reality of life…for some people Money is everything & there is no place for them family….but in fact this people arent in peace with themselves…but they just reflect to us a good image bcz they are well dressed, they have the best things around them …but the reality is other…like the following sher :
kete hein “Kon janey iss Dil mein hein kitne Dukh, hye Chera to hein Joota Rukh”……..means no one know how much this heart is hurt, bcz this face is a wrong image….
I listen on “ghazal or lecture” i cant explain it well its also on CFM list “Ae dunya ke musafir”…..everyone can listen it & will understand what is the reality…that some people often forget….chahe kohy rich ho hyan poor everyone go There by leaving everything on the Earth…so dont be materialist but be human…
No one knows Kal Ho Nah ho, but We have to teach people whose forget this money is nothing but be human, loves everyone, help people in needs & live in the reality not on fantasy…
May Allah bless Everyone…My Prayers are for everbody..
Such a good thought , really people have become so much materialistic these days. They dont realise what they earn or where they live will not count anymore once they have reached the point of no return and it is inevitable. We really need to open the eyes of such people and make them understand, that its the good deeds that will go with them and no bank balance or house or credit card will be with them then.
May God bless everyone and may your thought open the eyes of such people.
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