If they made Holy Scriptures out of our deeds How many would we put on display for everyone to read? When Bani Israel was frozen in time within divine words, they did not know they would become timeless lessons for generations to come. Not the liar when he told his last lie, nor the careless while laughing at the cow, not even the pious while he raised his staff. Yet today, we read their stories With heedless hearts , forgetting that we too will be written in pages heavier than stones on scales worth more than mountains of gold. So, why do we pretend that our time is infinite? As though tic tocs were nothing but melodious beats synchronized to our pulse.
wal Asr And by time Innal Insana la fikhusr Verily mankind is at loss
How can we not think of yesterday as an effigy, And tomorrowβs uncertainty as a form of art? We are artists. And when our hair strands start to reflect the silver moonlight When our eyes start telling century old stories When our joints start pleading with time Will we then finally ask ourselves: What will there be left of us? Originals, or mere copies?