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Reflections on Surah Taha Ayah 104

20:104
نحن اعلم بما يقولون اذ يقول امثلهم طريقة ان لبثتم الا يوما ١٠٤
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًۭا ١٠٤
نَّحۡنُﱳ
أَعۡلَمُﱴ
بِمَاﱵ
يَقُولُونَﱶ
إِذۡﱷ
يَقُولُﱸ
أَمۡثَلُهُمۡﱹ
طَرِيقَةًﱺ
إِنﱻ
لَّبِثۡتُمۡﱼ
إِلَّاﱽ
يَوۡمٗاﱾ
١٠٤ﱿ
We know best what they will say—the most reasonable of them will say, “You stayed no more than a day.”
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Rayan Nayazullah
2 years ago · Referencing Ayah 20:104
How scary, that we humans spend all our time and energy in this world for things that do not please Allah swt or even displease Allah swt, We study so hard to consume knowledge that does not benefit and work even harder to earn money. Yet on the day of judgement we will realize that we only have lived in this world for less than a day.

This verse personally is the most scary and reminding verse to me.
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Salman Shakeel Leghari
3 years ago · Referencing Ayah 20:104
In the present world, man ignores the life hereafter, as if it were something very distant. But, after the advent of Doomsday, he will feel that the life of this world was nothing but a few numbered days, and the entire long life thereafter, stretching out before him into eternity, is the actual and ultimate reality.
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Rayaan Shafi
2 years ago · Referencing Ayah 20:103-104, 23:113-114, 79:46
I reflected on the transient nature of time, especially considering how fast Ramadan seems to come and go every year. During a recent suhoor, for example, my parents were saying, 'It's amazing how fast the whole month goes by.'


So then, in my head, somehow I started to compare our perception of time right now with our perception of time when we will be standing alone on the Day of Judgement, for they seem to be completely the opposite of each o...
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