{and take provisions but indeed the best provision is fear of allah.} so whoever does not take provisions in this world for his hereafter by being constant in worship then at death he will return from it what he was deceived of his body and wealth and he will regret where regret will not avail him and he will say {oh would that we could be sent back and not deny the signs of our lord and be among the believers.} and he will say {then will we have intercessors who will intercede for us or can we be sent back and do other than what we used to do?} then {it will not benefit a soul to have faith if it did not believe before or earned good through its faith.} and this person from another perspective in his worldly life is a farmer and his work. his tillage and his worldly life are his ploughs and the time of death is the time of his harvest. for this reason the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace said the worldly life is ploughed with the hereafter and the seed is life. so whoever has passed a breath from his breaths and has not worshipped god in it with obedience then he is deceived because of the loss of that soul for it will never return. the example of a person in his life is like the example of a man who used to sell snow in the summer and had no merchandise other than it. so he used to call out and say have mercy on the one whose capital is melting away. the capital of a persons money is his life which is the time of his obedience and it is melting away constantly. so whenever… whoever increases his age decreases the rest of his life so his increase is his decrease in reality. whoever does not seize the opportunity of his breaths to seize all acts of obedience with them will be deceived. that is why the prophet said whoevers two days are equal will be deceived and whoevers day is worse than his yesterday will be cursed. so whoever spends his life on his religion his efforts will fail and his work will be lost as allah the most high said {whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments we will fully repay them for their deeds} . and whoever works for his hereafter he is the one whose efforts will be successful as allah the most high said {and whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it we will fully repay them for their deeds} . {and whoever strives while he is a believer it is those whose striving is ever appreciated.}
{وتزودوا فإن خير الزاد التقوى} فمن لم يتزود في دنياه لآخرته بالمواظبة على العبادة فسيرجع منه عند الموت ما اغتر من جسده وماله فيتحسر حيث لا يغنيه التحسر ويقول {يا ليتنا نرد ولا نكذب بآيات ربنا ونكون من المؤمنين} ويقول {فهل لنا من شفعاء فيشفعوا لنا أو نرد فنعمل غير الذي كنا نعمل} فحينئذ {لا ينفع نفسا إيمانها لم تكن آمنت من قبل أو كسبت في إيمانها خيرا} وهذا الإنسان من وجه آخرفي دنياه حارث وعمله حرثه ودنياه محترثه ووقت الموت وقت حصاده ولذلك قال صلى الله عليه وسلم الدنيا مزوعة الآخرة وانما البذر هو العمر فمن انقضى عليه نفس من انفاسه ولم يعبد الله فيه بطاعة فهو مغبون لضياع ذلك النفس فإنه لا يعود قط ومثال الإنسان في عمره مثال رجل كان يبيع الثلج وقت الصيف ولم تكن له بضاعة سواه فكان ينادي ويقول ارحموا من رأس ماله يذوب فرأس مال الإنسان عمره الذي هو وقت طاعته وانه ليذوب على الدوام فكلما زاد سنه نقص بقية عمره فزيادته نقصانه على التحقيق ومن لم ينتهز في انفاسه حتى يقتنص بها الطاعات كلها كان مغبونا ولذلك قال صلى الله عليه وسلم من استوى يوماه فهو مغبون ومن كان يومه شرا من أمسه فهو ملعون فكل من صرف عمره إلى ديناه فقد خاب سعيه وضاع عمله كما قال تعالى {من كان يريد الحياة الدنيا وزينتها نوف إليهم أعمالهم} الآية ومن عمل لآخرته فهو الذي أنجح سعيه كما قال تعالى {ومن أراد الآخرة وسعى لها سعيها وهو مؤمن فأولئك كان سعيهم مشكورا}