Saturday, January 20, 2007


Time Management (2)

1-Importance of Having a Daily Routine and Arranging Certain Tasks at Specific Times Everyday:

God (Allah in Arabic) says in Quran: "Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alteration of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding. Those who remember Allah (God) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): 'Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose, glory to You! Give us salvation from torment of fire." Quran: chapter 3, verses 190,191

Allah also says: "And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest. And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), And We have made the day for livelihood." Quran: chapter 78, verses 9-11.

Allah has created for us the day and the night. He made them repeat after each other. Allah has a wisdom behind this. We are encouraged to think deeply about this wisdom as was pointed in the first group of verses mentioned above. One wisdom that Allah clarifies for us in the second group of verses is to arrange our tasks in day and night. Allah made the night for rest and the day to work in. If this is the case with the overall day and night, then we can follow the same pattern in the hours of the day and the hours of the night. We can divide the hours of the day on tasks that are commonly repeated everyday. For example: We can work every day from 9:00AM to 5:00PM. We can eat everyday at specific times, e.g. before we leave to work and after we come from work. There are many other examples but the main point from these examples is to show that we are recommended to have a daily routine in our lives to make the best use of our time.

Allah arranged for us our prayers (Salah) at specific times during the day. This is repeated every day. Allah says in Quran: "Verily, As-Salah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours." Quran: Chapter 4, verse 103. The five prayers are obligatory on each muslim to perform every day at fixed times. This is to teach us to have a daily routine and arrange our other tasks daily around the prayer times.

In conclusion, the universe around us, our body needs and our worship acts as muslims teach us to have a daily routine to be more productive.

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