Secret Of The Hidden Time

                                                
                                                                            
Since last night my young son has been unwell. When I got back from work this     
evening I decided to take him to hospital despite my exhaustion.                  
                                                                                  
There were many waiting; perhaps we will be delayed by more than an hour. I took  
my number and sat down in the waiting room. There were many faces, young and old, 
but all silent. Some brothers made use of the many booklets available in the      
waiting room. Some of those waiting had their eyes closed, while others were      
looking around. Most were bored. Once in a while the long silence was broken by a 
nurse calling out a number. Happiness appears on the one whose turn it is, and he 
gets up quickly; then silence returns..                                           
                                                                                  
A young man grabbed my attention. He was reading a pocket-sized Qur’an            
continuously; not raising his head even once. At first I did not think much about 
him. However, after one hour of waiting my casual glances turned into a deep      
reflection about his lifestyle and how he utilizes his time. One hour of my life  
wasted! Instead of making benefit of that hour, it was just a boring wait. Then   
the call for prayer was made. We went to prayer in the hospital's Masjid. I tried 
to pray close to the man who was reading the Qur'an earlier in the waiting room.  
                                                                                  
After the prayer I walked with him. I informed him of how impressed I was of him  
and how he tries to benefit from his time. He told me that most of our time is    
wasted without any benefit. These are days that go from our lives without being   
conscious of them or regretting their waste. He said that he started carrying the 
pocket-sized Qur’an around when a friend encouraged him to make full use of his   
time. He told me that in the time other people waste he gets to read much more of 
the Qur’an than he gets to read either at home or in the masjid. Moreover, besides
the reward of reading the Qur’an, this habit saves him from boredom and stress.   
                                                                                  
He added that he has now been waiting for one and a half hours. Then he asked,    
“When will you find one and a half hours to read the Qur’an?” I reflected, “How   
much time do we waste? How many moments of our lives pass by, and yet we do not   
account for how they passed by? Indeed, how many months pass by and we do not read
the Qur’an?” I came to respect my companion, and I discovered that I am to stand  
for account and that time is not in my hand; so what am I waiting for?            
                                                                                  
My thoughts were interrupted by the nurse calling out my number; I went to the    
doctor. But I want to achieve something now. After I left the hospital I quickly  
went to the bookshop and bought a pocket-sized Qur’an. I decided to be mindful of 
how I spend the time.                                                             
                                                                                  
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the one who does it"                                                              
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