In matters of the Dunya, I have learned that where I am is best, not where I want to be. By embracing the now, one is free to sculpt their future. Otherwise, one is embroiled in fixing a moment that is already fleeting.
It is a western malady. We dub sin as modernity and godliness as old-fashioned. The former is seen as rapidly progressive, the latter stale and static. And they are right. One is a car quickly racing over the edge of…