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By brooding over the past, and it’s tragedies, one exhibits a form of insanity- a kind of sickness that destroys the resolve to live for the present moment. Those who have a firm purpose have filed away and forgotten occurrences of the past, which will never again see the light, since they occupy such a dark place in the recesses of the mind.

Episodes of the past are finished with; sadness cannot retrieve them, melancholy cannot make things right.

Reading too much into the past is a waste of the present. When Allah mentioned the affairs of the previous nations, He, the Exalted, said:

That was a nation who has passed away (Qur’an 2: 134)

Former days have gone, and you benefit nothing by carrying out an autopsy over them, by turning back the wheels of history.

Our tragedy is that we are incapable of dealing with the present: neglecting our beautiful castles, we wail over dilapidated buildings. Everything on earth marches forward, preparing for a new season, and so should you.

-Dr A’id al-Qarni

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