Powerful Reminder

I transcribed the video because I loved it so much and I think some might have missed the last paragraph or so because it comes in after the tiktok "credits".

Some sisters did some internet sleuthing and discovered the speaker is Shaykh Ali al-Maqhim.

Translation

A hundred years from now—and we are in 2020—the date will be 2120. We will be, bi’ithnillah, with our relatives and friends beneath the earth; our eternal destiny will be crystal clear before our eyes. Our homes will be inhabited by strangers, our jobs shall be done, and our property shall be owned by others. Nothing shall be remembered of us. So who from amongst us now remembers his grandfather’s father? We will only be a line in some people’s memory. Our names and shapes shall soon be forgotten—so why do we prolong our thoughts on how people see us and the future of our wealth, homes, and family? All of this is of no use or benefit after a hundred years. Our existence is but a flash in comparison to the age of the universe. You will collapse and expire in the blink of an eye and there shall come after us tens of generations. Every generation will bid farewell to the world in a hurry and deliver the flag to the next generation, before accomplishing a quarter of its dreams.

So let us understand therein our real worth in this dunya, our real time in this universe—which is, in fact, smaller than we imagine. There, after a hundred years, in the midst of darkness and silence, we will realize how trivial the world was; how our dreams of increasing in it were ridiculous and we will wish that we spent our whole lives in matters of great fortitude and high resolve, collecting good deeds and specifically the continued charities. Some of us will cry out for help; it will be of no use. As Allah (azzawajal) says:

"’My Lord! Send me back, That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind.’ No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected."

—Qur’an (Al-Mu’minun) 23:99-100

And another will say:

"My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."

—Qur’an (Al-Munafiqun) 63:10

Another will say:

"Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

—Qur’an (Al-Fajr) 89:24

As long as, my Muslim brother, there still remains some life, let us consider and let us change. Oh what a journey—it starts from the back of the father to the stomach of the mother, and from the stomach of the mother to above the earth, and from above the earth to beneath the earth, from beneath the earth to the Day of Judgement, and in each station, you see wonders. And in the end, the journey is complete: either to Paradise or either to Hell.

Two types of fitnah, my Muslim brother: a man who has never entered the masjid except for his janazah, and a woman who has never been covered except in her shroud. How ignorant. And until when will we continue like this? Indeed it is the bitter truth. They come to work on time and they travel to the airport before the appointed time. They also go to the hospital before their appointment. Then they sleep from the prayer and they say: "Our issue is, we are heavy sleepers." Rather, as Allah says:

"But you prefer the worldly life,"

—Qur’an (Al-A’la) 87:16

A lesson for you and I and those who come after us. Oh Allah, we ask you for a good ending.