O devotees of the Prophet! This is a matter for deep reflection; do ponder upon it! Consider this very land where our homes stand today, and cast your minds back a few centuries:

*    Who resided here at that time? Perhaps we do not know.

*    What did they look like?

*    What did they eat and drink?

*    How much wealth did they possess? How much power did they wield? Perhaps we do not know.

*    Where are they now? Perhaps not even the faintest traces of their graves remain. Such is the nature of this world...!

Now, let us reflect on a century or two from now.

*    Two centuries from now, who will inhabit the very homes we reside in today? We do not know.

*    What will they look like?

*    What will their lifestyle be like? We do not know.

*    Where will we be at that time? In the very place where those before us have already reached. Perhaps by then, even the signs of our graves will have vanished.

Just as we consider this world to be everything today, perhaps those who came before us also held the same belief, and it is conceivable that those who come after us will likewise perceive it so. However, the truth is that this world was never truly loyal to those before us, it will not be to those after us, and it is not faithful to us either. This world was a deception for those who preceded us, and it is a deception for us as well.