This is just a gem from Sayyidi Shaykh Nuh, he was relating a lesson from one of the Shuyukh, I think it was Shaykh Abdurrahman, raddiyallahu anhu:
Imagine yourself in a dark room, in which through a small window shines a beam of light, thus illuminating the thousands of specks of dust which would otherwise be imperceptible. Each one of us is like one of these specks. Suddenly we are there, and moments later we are gone. Subhanallah. What a fitting description in three aspects:
1) Time - Our life is just a short series of moments, we are here one moment / day and gone the next.
2) Size - We are insignificant in size, just like a speck of dust, in the bigger scheme of things.
3) Number - One small speck, is but one of many thousands, millions, all in the power of the Almighty.
Alhamdulillahi Rabb al-Alamin
