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nasralli houssem- Number of posts : 38
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A beautiful gift to me in this universe is to be a believer and the most precious gift for a believer is death:
"To Allah (Almighty God) we belong, and to Him is our return." (Holy Qur'an 2:156)
Multitudes of men have walked on the surface of this Earth. They all belonged to different nations and cultures. A few of them made history for which they were remembered, whereas others were never to be mentioned again. Although each one was personally different from another - their habits, thinking and tastes differed - they all had two things in common, first, they were all delivered from their mothers womb (birth) and second, they all tasted death. Who claims he has lived a thousand years?
"The Sun travels to an appointed place. This is the decree of the Mighty, the All-Knowing." (Holy Qur'an 36:38)
Almighty God blesses us with all His gifts. The Sun gives us light during the day to help us see and it helps our crops grow so that we can eat. But the Sun also teaches us other things. Almighty God causes the day to die with its setting and allows the night to take over, which is a time for rest. In this way, He may be showing us that all of us will eventually have to die just like the day. And when the Sun rises in the morning again after our period of rest, it is as if Almighty God is telling us that we too will be raised to life after we have died. These are all signs of Almighty God to teach us to take care of our life.
One thing that we must remember is that death is inevitable, and everything except the Almighty God of course, will perish. Signs of death can be seen all around us. At funerals we see people who were once walking among us being buried in their graves. In the fall we see the leaves turn from green to yellow and fall one at a time, and in the winter we see trees, lifeless. In this way, all things in this world will wither away and die.
According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Hazrat Izraeel (pbuh) - the angel of death. He told Izraeel (pbuh) that he would be willing to accompany him (as though he had a choice) only if Izraeel (pbuh) would send him a notice well in advance. The agreement was made. Weeks became months and the months into years. One bitterly cold night, as the man sat alone thinking of his success in life, Izraeel (pbuh) tapped on his shoulder. "You are here too soon" the man cried out. "You sent no messenger. I thought we had an agreement!" Izraeel (pbuh) whispered "Notice your hair, once it was full and black, now it has streaks of silver in it! Observe your face in the mirror and see the wrinkles. Yes! I have sent many messages through the years! I have kept my part. I am sorry that you are not ready for me but the order of Almighty God cannot be averted!"
Hence, hair color turning gray from black or wrinkles on the face are also the signs of nearing death, and the Almighty God is the only one who can bring the dead back to life.
Surely all men die, and just surely Almighty God give them life with His ability, and judges them on their deeds and actions. We know Almighty God is the Creator and can recreate us, because if one can do something he has the ability to do it again.
For instance, if your teacher asks you to draw a picture on the blackboard and color it. Then if after you have drawn it with beautiful colors, the teacher asks you to rub it out and do it again, could you repeat the same drawing again?
Of course you would be able to repeat the picture. It is what you created and are capable of doing again.
From this example, we can understand Almighty God is able to give life to the dead because it is He Who created us in the beginning. Almighty God can surely give life to the dead. He judges them on their deeds. On Resurrection Day He will re-create the dead for judgment, and then allow the doer of good to enter paradise but cast the evil-doer into hell.
Hatred towards death and love of the world is the outcome of an ignorant person's mind, who thinks that the happiness of this world is his prosperity and good fortune. The world beset with numerous troubles and anxieties is about to end in misery and does not enjoy eternity, perpetuity and sincerity. A poet has referred to this in the following words - "Do not give your heart to this world, for its example is of an unfaithful bride who has never loved you, even for a night."
Imam Ali (pbuh) says: "If man will see how speedily his death is coming toward him he will abhor ambitions and will give up admiring the world."
It is of utmost importance that man should hold death dear and consider it an opportunity of meeting with his Almighty, and not hate it and consider it as evil, but should take lessons from it. He should ask forgiveness from Almighty for his sins and tame the rebellious self (Nafs). When the call of his Lord comes, he should welcome it with open arms accepting it to be a blessing from Almighty. He should be contented with the decree (Qadr) of Almighty. He should also rejoice that shortly he would be taken to the presence of Ahlul Bait [Household of Prophet] (pbut) and meet his deceased companions and other believer brothers. He should also not be disheartened by the delay in death but should consider it as an opportunity afforded by Almighty to him to repent. This delay would give him a chance to gather provisions useful for his journey to the other world, for the journey is tiresome and full of dangerous valleys and difficult paths.
In fact a believer always remembers death, since his or her main goal is to reach the Almighty God. Hazrat Qasim (pbuh), the son of Imam Hasan Al-Mujtaba, Al-Hadi (pbuh), when asked concerning death at Karbala, answered: "death to me is sweeter than honey." Therefore true believers, those who are sincerely devoted to the Almighty God, anticipate death since to them it signifies the long-awaited meeting with their creator.
During imprisonment, Imam Ali An-Naqui (pbuh) had a grave dug up ready by the side of his prayer mat. Some visitors expressed concern or surprise. The Imam explained, "In order to remember my end I keep the grave before my eyes."
Before a believer approaches the final moment of his/her life and death overtakes him, it is necessary that he wakes up from the state of negligence and prepares for the final everlasting place. This way he will be able to avoid bewilderment and the fear of the so-called untimely death.
At the time of leaving this world, as attested to by the Holy Qur'an, a person will be in one of two states - either he will be of the Companions of the Right, or the Companions of the Left (Refer Holy Qur'an 56:7-56). If he is counted amongst the Companions of the Right, he will be in a good, final state, but if he is one of the Companions of the Left, he will be of those who have suffered a great loss.
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Of course Gibran can not miss the subject, on death Gibran wrote:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
“Death is not the end of the way; death is a new start”
Nasralli Houssem
laflouf86- Number of posts : 248
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Great post as usual Houssem !!!!
Let me start my words with a word; No one but God!
For just thinking about this issue, something strange inter to my heart, I can’t name it but it dose exist! I always ask this question to my self; what if I die tomorrow? What will I do in my last day? Am I ready? Hence you make a brief chain to all your past day life, and I look through all the years asking if it was really enough to say, ok now I’m ready to death!
But I wasn’t that selfish to ask God to give more days of life, cause I know for sure that only by death man get his absolute freedom and live that extreme happiness and peace of mind!
I personally see death as a mean of get red of all the dirt of this life; but after death nothing but purity and cleanness, imagine this, just you and God!
I know that this day is coming anyway, but when, no one knows but God! Things will be much more better in this life if we just remember and put in our consideration that this day is coming anyway, I swear, things will change, people will be better and much better inside! They do know of course that they will die, no one live for an eternity, but they just react as forgetting it and making a false promises of becoming better , but nothing!
But if we think deeply in the deal of death and consider it as something can happen any time in any moment ,and be sure that one day we will be asked and judged anyway , and we believe absolutely , not only by words but with changing our deeds, that there is a hereafter ,many things in our lives will change , and our look towards things itself will change, even to your self , you become that more faithful ,more reasonable and more respectful to your self as you are a spirit from God, in this case you will act differently cause you know for sure and without any doubt that any thing bad you are hurting that pure soul that God put it in your body!
Let me start my words with a word; No one but God!
For just thinking about this issue, something strange inter to my heart, I can’t name it but it dose exist! I always ask this question to my self; what if I die tomorrow? What will I do in my last day? Am I ready? Hence you make a brief chain to all your past day life, and I look through all the years asking if it was really enough to say, ok now I’m ready to death!
But I wasn’t that selfish to ask God to give more days of life, cause I know for sure that only by death man get his absolute freedom and live that extreme happiness and peace of mind!
I personally see death as a mean of get red of all the dirt of this life; but after death nothing but purity and cleanness, imagine this, just you and God!
I know that this day is coming anyway, but when, no one knows but God! Things will be much more better in this life if we just remember and put in our consideration that this day is coming anyway, I swear, things will change, people will be better and much better inside! They do know of course that they will die, no one live for an eternity, but they just react as forgetting it and making a false promises of becoming better , but nothing!
But if we think deeply in the deal of death and consider it as something can happen any time in any moment ,and be sure that one day we will be asked and judged anyway , and we believe absolutely , not only by words but with changing our deeds, that there is a hereafter ,many things in our lives will change , and our look towards things itself will change, even to your self , you become that more faithful ,more reasonable and more respectful to your self as you are a spirit from God, in this case you will act differently cause you know for sure and without any doubt that any thing bad you are hurting that pure soul that God put it in your body!