We believe that a true and comprehensive
understanding of Islam would not be possible without careful recognition of the
Prophetic Tradition and the Prophet's Household. And Allah is the Source of Strength.
Time Relativity 2
" In the original proposition of Time Relativity, we explored how time indeed is relative, and how our lack of appreciation of time makes us impatient. Infact the key to patience is to understand the time scale at which the nature works at, and we must wait for what is ours will be given to us, if not in the next 5 days, then in the next 5 million years for sure.
Here we explore this perspective further.
If your lifecycle is only for 10 seconds, and 9 seconds out of those 10 seconds were painful, then it was indeed a very painful depressive existence. However if your life cycle is for 80 years, then the same 9 seconds of pain do not impact you how you saw your life as, surely those 9 seconds will be immaterial for you. Similarly, if life extends beyond death into eternity, then even 20 or 30 years of agony does not matter in a life span that spans billions of years, if not for an eternity.
Once you calibrate your timeline to the timeline of God, all your problems go away. Because all good times, shall pass, all bad times, shall also pass, all pleasures will perish and so will all pains. What will remain will be Allah and everything attached with Him. In a life of paradise, 50 years of pain in this life will not even matter. It will be like those 9 seconds of bad times when you were young, that you do not even remember today at this age of yours.
That is why Allah teaches patience and promises in Surah Asr protection from loss to those who are patient.
As perspective of life tends from 0 to infinite, patience sinks in as the Promise of Allah will be delivered to believers at a time of his choosing, tomorrow, or in an infinite years.
The beauty about infinite is, that the largest number you can think of and humanly comprehend, will still always be closer to 0 (zero) than to the concept of infinite itself. This means in reality, on a time scale of creation, infinite is just happening tomorrow. That is why the Quran keeps reminding Qayamah is coming very quickly.
Invest in this life the time and the minutes you have, so that you compound your rewards into the infinite of the timescale. "
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