Dear brothers, we are living in a time where the challenges\nhave been something we have not seen before. Never before has a calamity\naffected the globe and at the speed that the current pandemic has affected us\nall. Whether that is physically or mentally, nobody is spared in the impact\nthat this event has had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside this there is continuing discussion that this is\nthe end of times and that this test is a signal that we are ever close to the\ntime when life as we know it will end and the day of judgment will begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The imam mentioned a few ayats in todays reminder in\nreference to this. Firstly, Sura Al-Araf, ayat 187 is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They ask you \u02f9O Prophet\u02fa\nregarding the Hour, \u201cWhen will it be?\u201d Say, \u201cThat knowledge is only with my\nLord. He alone will reveal it when the time comes. It is too tremendous for the\nheavens and the earth and will only take you by surprise.\u201d They ask you as if\nyou had full knowledge of it. Say, \u201cThat knowledge is only with Allah, but most\npeople do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also ayat 63 from Sura Al-Ahzab which says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People ask you \u02f9O Prophet\u02fa about\nthe Hour. Say, \u201cThat knowledge is only with Allah. You never know, perhaps the\nHour is near.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, if we spend a moment to ponder over these ayats,\nthere are a number of lessons to learn. First of all, the knowledge of the end is\nonly with Allah SWT. It makes no sense to guess when this is as it only serves\nto sensationalise or scare some people. We are instructed that the knowledge\nlies with Allah SWT alone and that is where we should leave it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secondly, our role is not to guess it\u2019s precise time but\nactually to warn of its inevitable arrival. As the imam mentioned, in ayat 45\nof Sura An-naziat, the duty that lies with us is to warn whoever is in awe of\nthe hour. And so from this we can learn that there is an instruction for us\nall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, whether it is the final hour or not, our\nfinal hour is when we depart this earth. For us, that is the end as our account\nis closed and we will lie in our graves waiting for the final hour. We need to\nbe mindful that the focus should be on our own personal final hour and to focus\nour attention on doing all that we can before death approaches us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In regards to warning others, we don\u2019t need to go as far as\npredicting the final hour, we should remind one another that our individual\nfinal hour could come at any time, i.e. death, and so we should conduct our\naffairs in this life accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nobody knows when either our own final hour, or the final\nhour of todays reminder will come, except for Allah SWT. However, we don\u2019t need\nto know it, we should instead be mindful of it so that it can mould our\nbehaviour and our actions in this life, however much we have left of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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