And in Juzˈ 30, Surah al-NāziꜤāt, after mentioning the drowning of Pharaoh and his army, Allah Almighty says:

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ یَّخْشٰى(۲۶)

Indeed, in this there is a lesson for one who fears Allah.^[1]

اللہ اکبر! Those who fear Allah Almighty, the people of insight, reflect over the signs of Allah Almighty and take lessons. The alternation of day and night, the rising and setting of the sun, the appearing and fading of the stars- every atom in this universe is an open book of reflection for us. There are lessons in all of this, if only we would become among those who fear, reflect, and take heed.

Sayings of the noble Saints about the ‘eye of reflection’:

Sayyidunā Sufyan al-Thawrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “The one who looks at the world with the eye of reflection and contemplation, succeeds in doing more good deeds.”

Sayyidunā Malik bin Dinar رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “The one who neither looks at the world with the eye of reflection, nor worries about the Hereafter, his good deeds become few, and his heart becomes veiled.”

Sayyidunā Ḥātim al-Aṣamm رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was asked, “How does a person become among the people of reflection?” He replied, “When he looks at the end of every worldly thing, realising that it will soon perish, and its owner too will soon be buried in a grave.”

Sayyidunā Ḥātim al-Aṣamm رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه also said: “The one who does not take a lesson from a funeral departing from his house, neither knowledge and wisdom, nor even advice, will ever benefit him.”^[2]