Age of Ignorance, the transience of this world and the state of its inhabitants

The condition of the world at the time of the proclamation of prophethood, the transience of this world and the state of its inhabitants.

Allāh deputed the Prophet when no sign of guidance existed, no beacon was giving light and no passage was clear.

I advise you, O creatures of Allāh, to have fear of Allāh, and I warn you of this world which is a house from which departure is inevitable and a place of discomfort. He who lives in it has to depart, and he who stays…

O creatures of Allāh, you should know now that you have to perform (good) acts, because (at present) your tongues are free, your bodies are healthy, your limbs have movement, the area of your coming and going is vast and…