SO BROTHER AND SISTERS,TO CONTINUE OUR JOURNY
EVERY ONE OF US WILL DIE
EVERY ONE OF US WILL DIE
AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS,LET ME REFLECT HERE FOR A SECOND
I DID NOT...
GROW UP AS A PRACTICING MUSLIM
AND THERE WERE CERTAIN TURNING POINTS IN MY LIFE
AND ONE OF THEM WAS WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT THIS TEST OF DEATH
AND IT WAS COUPLED WITH ANOTHER VERSE, THIS VERSE...
IN THE CHAPTER OF THE CAVE (SURAH KAHF)...
SHOULD WE NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE WHO REALLY ...
YOU KNOW, THERE DEEDS WERE JUST REALLY BAD
WHO?...
THOSE WHO WENT ASTRAY IN THIS WORLD
BUT,ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING GOOD
AND WHEN I HEARD THAT VERSE
SORRY, NOT HEARD IT , WHENT REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT VERSE
WITH THE TEST OF DEATH
IT FREAKED ME OUT
BECAUSE ALL MY LIFE THOUGHT , I'M NOT BAD
I PRAY A LITTLE BIT, I FAST, YOU KNOW
ALHAMDULILLAH (ALL PRAISE BE TO ALLAH)
I'M BETTER THAN OTHERS
LOOK AROUND YOU
LOOK AT WHAT THE NO MUSLIMS ARE DOING
I'M MUCH BETTER THAN THEM
AND SO I LIVE MOST OF MY LIFE THINKING ALHAMDULILIAH I'M NOT BAD
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS VERSE
THEY MAY BE THE BIGGEST LOSERS, THOSE...
WHO WENT ASTRAY,BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING GOOOD,BUT THEY WEREN'T
AND THEN THIS OF DEATH THAT WILL
REALLY BRING OUT THE REAL YOU
IT WAS A REALIZATION FOR ME
THAT I NEED TO START UNDERSTANDING WHAT ALLAH ACTUALLY WANTS ME
TO DO...
AND THEN I CAN TRY TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS THAT