O SON OF AADAM!

‘O SON OF AADAM! SELL YOUR CURRENT LIFE FOR YOUR LATTER LIFE, AND YOU WILL WIN BOTH. DO NOT SELL YOUR LATTER LIFE FOR THIS LIFE, FOR YOU WILL LOSE THEM BOTH. THE PERIOD OF STAY IS SHORT, AND THE RIGHTEOUS ONES WENT AWAY BEFORE YOU, SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DO YOU WAIT YOUR TURN? BY ALLAAH, IT IS ABOUT TO COME, AND THEN THE LATTER ONES WILL JOIN THE FORMER ONES AMONGST YOU.’

- Al-Hasan Al-Basree rahimahullaah. At-Tabseerah, vol. 1, p.368.