A LAST WORD

man, know theyself! ~ 34 ~ of his endeavours, and leads him to the final point at which he will experience their results. What a critical matter this is! If only man could come to a mature understanding of this before he died! Afterwards, his realization of this will be of no avail. It is too late to become aware of the truth after death for then there is no time to consider the gravity of one’s errors, no time for repentance, no time for atonement. Man’s destiny is unknown to him. He is barely aware that time is conveying him at a breakneck pace towards the harvesting of his crop. While he considers himself occupied in a worthwhile way all he may actually be doing is straining after paltry worldly profits; he may just be frittering away his precious time. He has before him a wonderful opportunity to ensure a sublime future for himself, but more often than not he chooses to waste his time on trivialities. His Lord is calling him towards paradise, a place of eternal honour and bliss, while he, in his ignorance, is bent on pursuing pleasures which are illusory, and which cannot last. He reckons that he is adding