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Mankind is oblivious of hisdestiny, while time is pressing him with the utmost speed towards the harvesting of his crop. He is busily engaged in procuring paltry worldly profits, and considers himself worthily occupied, whereas, in fact, he is just frittering away his precious time. He has before him a superb opportunity to ensure a prosperous future for himself, but instead, he chooses to occupy himself with bagatelles. His Lord is calling him towards paradise, a place of endless honour and bliss, while he, in his ignorance, is immersed in ephemeral and delusive pleasures. He reckons that he is saving, but in fact he is squandering. While constructing his worldly mansion, he is labouring under the illusion thathe is building for his life, while in fact, he is erecting walls of sand which will crumble away to nothing.

Man! Realize what you are doing and what you ought to be doing.

- Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Excerpted from "The Reality of Man"