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O slaves of Allaah! Draw a lesson from those who died before you. Think about those who lived before you. Where were they yesterday? Where are they today? Where are the tyrants who were noted for the wars they waged and earned victories in battle? Time has eliminated them and they disentegrated to dust. The only things that remain from them are their evil statements, and verily, evil statements are for evil people and evil people are for evil statements. Where are the kings who ruled on the earth and inhabited it? They have become a thing of the past and their memory has been forgotten. They have become nothing. Yet, Allaah the Exalted and Most Honored has kept for them the evil burden of their deeds, but ended their streak of lusts. They have perished, but the deeds they committed remained theirs even though the world has become for others. We were created after them, so if we draw lessons from their fate we will attain deliverance. Otherwise, if we were deceived by all of this, we will earn a fate similar to theirs.
Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir, and At-Tarkh, by At-Tabari, vol. 3, p.311
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ibrahim.bukhari
01-02-2003 @ 12:00 AM
