And as reward of those things he could have earned a lot of rewards...

And as reward of those things he could have earned a lot of rewards, and here there is actually no metaphor. Because it is clear that everyone is either good or bad to himself. The foremost is one who wants the benefits for himself and second is one who removes the benefits from himself. The bad people are of two types: The first are those who pull the punishment and distress towards themselves.

And the second are those who just give up the benefits and each of them do bad to themselves, because a person who has wasted his life without earning rewards of the hereafter has wasted his life. And no one can doubt it. What we have mentioned is having a generality and restriction to the saying of the Almighty Allah: وَالْعَصْرِ. إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ I swear by the time. Most surely man is in loss. Except those who believe and do good.

(Qur’an, Surah Asr 103:1-2) Since its apparent meaning is that everyone who spends his life in good deeds, has wasted his life as he has wasted his time, even though it may be little by little. So think upon what we have said and Insha Allah you will gain numerous benefits from it. How nicely the poet has said: Time came to purchase my life continually. I said I will not sell it for the world…

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