The World is a Bridge

Srimati Karuna
Speaks on “The World is a Bridge”
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 11:00am

There is an inscription on the Buland Darwaza, the grand gateway to the city Emperor Akbar built at Fatehpur Sikri in India. It says: "Isa (Jesus), Son of Mary, said: ‘The world is a bridge, pass over it but build no houses upon it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; the world endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer, for the rest is unseen.’”

With this expression this grand piece of Indian Muslim architecture offers us a message from the Holy Qur’an of the “straight way” — the noble path in life. The message that “the world endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer,” reminds us to keep the thought of God with us always.