بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah Most-Compassionate, Most-Merciful

“Wal Asri…”
Feel time slipping away from between your fingers,
feel the realisation of Al-Haqq,
feel and understand His words when He said,
“Wal asri in’nal insaana la fi khus’r…”

Man is indeed at a loss,
as the sands of time run against him,
time ebbs away,
his life shortens,
his works slowly turn to dust.

Like him one day,
assigned to the grave of his life much coveted,
hearing footsteps walking away,
he comes into the full realisation,
“Wal asri in’nal insaana la fi khus’r…”

From what was he created but dust,
to what does everything return but dust,
time ebbs away from between his fingers,
and consumed by the universe,
he is returned to his former state from whence he came,
he understands his Lords words,
“Wal asri in’nal insaana la fi khus’r…”

Now in that realisation,
he sees only time,
like a river it flows through him,
like a particle of dust it is a part of him,
he sees only time but time enough to remember,
“illall ladhina aminu, wa ami lus-saalihat, wat’ta’wasau bil haqqi, wat ta’wasau bis sabr”

Now as time passes onto a place without time,
he understands the truth,
he sees only Al-Haqq,
now there is no time to count,
only deeds and hearts to measure,
in that place between time,
he realises there is only Al-Haqq,
there was only ever Al-Haqq.

There was no time and no place,
no thought and no space,
what was in between the spaces,
was only a figment of his mind,
of what was real is now left behind.

It was only a matter of time,
before he realised it was never about time,
it was about how each moment was spent,
in His contemplation and hearts yearning,
to be back once more with its kind.

Surah al-Asr
“I swear by the time,
Verily Man is in loss,
Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy”.