Allaah تعالى says:
{It will be, on
the Day they see it (the Last Hour), as though they had not remained [in the
world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.} [Surah al-Nazi`aat (79): 46]
Time is a great teacher and mentor of man. In the bosom of time are contained tremendous
accounts of nations’ rise and fall, which can be of great significance and
value for people living now on earth. This planet has seen hundreds of nations
in the past, rising slowly towards eminence, consolidating their power for some
time and then degenerating and falling into oblivion. How many nations took
shape, reached their climax and then vanished without a trace! Thousands built
big empires by means of massive military campaigns and conquests. But at last,
all drowned in the ocean of time.
Dozens of civilizations saw the light of day and, after touching the summit of
success and fame, decayed and were annihilated. Billions and Billions of human
beings were born into this world and after having passed through the stages of
adolescence, youth, and old age, returned to dust.