Hazrat Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui is a great preacher of Islam upon whose hands almost more than 500,000 people have embraced Islam. His renowned and famous book "Naseem-e-Hidaayet ke jhonkay" is worth reading.
The friends sitting in a car who at once woke up due to something that came in front of the car at once, this person started asking that where were they going? Two of them said, that they were going with me. I asked where? They said Sooni patt. One person who had to get off on the way, they uttered the name of the destination. In order to remember this person asked that whether you people have faith in the Quran? Quran is saying, “No doubt they have to return to us, and they would be judged by us.” (Al-Ghaashiya 24, 25) During the journey from Sooni patt to Delhi the slight jolt of the car woke them up as if they were sleeping in oblivion.
The suggestion of the people was sought in the Sooni Patt city. I called a responsible friend of mine. Please call the so and so people. They told about two people from amongst them that one of them had died 2 years ago and the other died 1.5 years ago. It jolted the mind at once. I started making a list in my mind about the companions and acquaintances in my mind those who used to plan the life according to us. And many among them used to make sketched about good plans. Then after having been to the nearby dwellings and meeting the people living there, the heart and the mind turned to my own town and relatives and companions those who used to live with us, and as if they used to make plans like us as if they would live in this world for long. But the journey of their lives ended. At once it felt as if the people who used to live with us were so loving and generous, so many dignified people, the ones who used to take pride in their wealth, ranks and honor, so many people who used to have a grace, glory and popularity in this world, became a part of this land. Now either their life has become a story of the past or their memories have become a source for spending their life. Hazrat Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) warned us, “Live in this world as if you are a passenger or a trespasser.” Alas! Such a fragile life and a life that would end like a dream that people have considered it like a permanent place to live as opposed to a journey. What a mistake is this? This fragile life of this world in which a person enters as if he entered in a passing train after taking birth and leaves it through the means of death. In this short life of half a century how many people entered it and how many left it. How many people we saw getting on and off of this life. And how many people we bathed ourselves for funeral, and put them in coffins and buried them and took part in funerals and even then a person lives as if he is a resident of this life. What a folly is this? And in a state of ignorance no wonder how many dreams a person knits about this fragile life. Lucky are those people who are awoken by a small jolt of a brake. And they consider this journey of life a journey and start preparing for the afterlife. These are the people who are alert. And these are the people whose life becomes a torch and a light house for others. The ones who prepare for the eternal life of hereafter and remain watchful of this illusory and fragile life. This is the key to keep the concepts about this life in order. Alas! We could be included among these alert, wise people!
