Advice from Abd Al-Qadir Jilani

Abd Al-Qadir Jilani says:

O young man. If something belongs to you, it will not pass by you, nor will it be used up by anyone else. But if something belongs to someone other than you, it will never come to you, however much you may want it and desire to possess it. There is only yesterday , which is past and gone, today, where you are right now and tomorrow, which is yet to come. Your yesterday has become a lesson for you to apply today. As for tomorrow, its is unclear whether you will be there or not, since you have no way of knowing what tomorrow holds in store.

(23rd discourse, Abd Al-Qadir Jilani , Translated by Mukhtar Holland, Removal of Cares, p.130, Al-Baz Publishing; 1997)