إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ ,نَحْمَدُهُ ,وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ , وَنَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا ,مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ , وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ , وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
Oh people:
Through life, a person alternates between good times and bad times, ups and downs, prosperity and hardship, and advances and setbacks. Such is life, shifting days that do not remain constant. For if a situation pleases, there is another situation that displeases. We as humans forget the pain of sorrow that has passed. This is the decree Allāh SWT for each of us. And in this situation, a person is in most need to internalize the instruction of the Prophet ﷺ to Ibn Omar, Radi ALLAH u Anh, when he said:
كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ
Be in the world like a stranger or a traveler (who keeps himself lightweight from worldly affairs). [Bukhari 6416]
This worldly life is a fleeting home and not the permanent home. And people in it are of two types; the one who sold their soul and destroyed it and the one who ransoms their soul and frees it. Allāh Almighty said:
فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ-لُقْمَانَ 33
Luqman (31) 33: So let not the worldly life captivate you and be not deceived by the deceiver [i.e. Shaitan] in regards to Allāh SWT.
