PREPARING FOR THE FINAL EXIT
I don't know whether it is only my imagination but somehow I get a feeling that I may be nearing my final exit and it is really worrying that I don't find myself prepared and ready for it as yet. If one does not find oneself ready for the meeting with his Lord then one can be sure that things are not going right for him and the same thing applies in my case. Things have not been right and it has been a failure and a missed opportunity. I don't know what to do now. I may not have the time and the opportunity to set things right now. However I feel that we as Shias of the Ahlul Bait are a blessed and lucky lot because of the presence of the Holy Imams of the Prophet's Household and off course the personality of Imam Hussain (A.S) stands out prominantly. He has been called by the Holy Prophet as "Misbah ul huda wa Saffinat ul Najat" (the lamp of guidance and the ship of deliverance). I looked at Karbala to see if I had any hope and suddenly one character in the