Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

[Quran 30:54] GOD is the One who created you weak, then granted you after the weakness strength, then substituted after the strength weakness and gray hair. He creates whatever He wills. He is the Omniscient, the Omnipotent.


This is our life in a nutshell. We are born helpless. We learn to walk and talk and soon become teenagers and think we know everything, and can do anything or feel invincible. There's a period of strength and achievement, which unfortunately most people turn into arrogance. They forget that God is in control.

But then, there's weakness again, gray hair, slowing down and facing mortality. Many people at this time search for answers, but for most it's too late. Like Pharaoh. You can't just say on your death bed, "Oh, I believe". Our souls have to grow and develop and be prepared to come before God. If your soul is strong, it doesn't matter how weak your body becomes. We have to work on our soul growth all the time.

While it seems like we have a long time, the fact is that this life is very short. We will feel as if it lasted a day or part of a day. So we need to use every minute, as if it's our last, to prepare to come before God.

[Quran 30:55] On the day when the Hour comes to pass, the guilty will swear that they lasted (in this world) only one hour. That is how wrong they were.


References
Why Were We Created? https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix7.html
Goals and Priorities, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2017/dec/page1.html
This Life and the Hereafter, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2003/mar/page3.html

Peace.