What are you constantly worried about [as parents]?
As soon as your child turns three,
they must be sent to school.
Is there anything else that worries you?
Now, say your child has grown up,
so now what would you be worried about?
Now the child must start earning.
Isn’t that what you worry about?
The Value of Time
Q: Please could you shed some light on the value of time?
Time is of paramount importance
but how does one utilise time?
How does one ascertain the most essential task in life?
If you’re engaged in futile tasks, you are wasting your time.
For example, what are you constantly worried about [as parents]?
As soon as your child turns three,
they must be sent to school.
Is there anything else that worries you?
That child must go to school
and it becomes evident that school has a negative influence on the development of the child’s character,
it’s utterly destroyed.
Now, say your child has grown up,
so now what would you be worried about?
Now the child must start earning.
He must start working.
Isn’t that what you worry about?
Let’s suppose you appreciate that time is valuable
and you wish to utilise your time,
so you send your child to school and then send them to a university.
He wasn’t wasting his time
but then one day, he died at the university.
So was the time invested in his education futile or beneficial?
If that child
had been taught to engage in Zikr Allah since his childhood;
he would have attended school while learning about Zikr Allah
and if he participated in the Zikr Circles, divine energy would have entered his heart.
In that case, his time would not have been wasted.
The correct usage of your time is to spend it engaged in Zikr Allah.
Along with Zikr Allah, you are permitted to carry out your mundane activities.
If your heart is not engaged in Zikr Allah while you do everything else, then that is a waste of time.
We did not come here to get a PhD, this is not why we were born.
Those who become doctors to serve humanity,
and they truly serve humanity,
shall be rewarded by God.
However, you have turned being a doctor into a profession today and there is no reward for that.
The one and only objective of human existence in this world
is for them to recognise themselves.
Are they heaven-bound, hell-bound or Godly?
They need to explore themselves.
‘Dive into yourself to find the meaning of life’.
‘Dive into yourself’ means your inner spiritual system.
‘Find the meaning of life’ - find a Perfect Spiritual Guide.
If you are on a self-exploration journey,
it is the correct utilisation of your time.
And if you are not on a self-exploration journey
nor are you in search of God
and you are oblivious to Sufism and spirituality
then all your time is being wasted whether you’re in the mosque or the cinema.
The correct utilisation of your time is to recognise yourself and to find God.
If you are actively pursuing both these things along with material comforts,
it is acceptable
because you are already utilising your time correctly,
therefore, you may do whatever else you want or need to do.
You can even play sports, dance or sing
because you are on the right path and your time is no longer being wasted.
But if you’re not searching for God,
you are not on a self-exploration journey,
you have no interest in bringing divine energy and faith in your heart,
then no matter what you do, you’re wasting your time.
I hope you have understood what I said.