Allah states:
“Every Soul shall experience Death.”
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.3, V.185&Chpt.21, V.35)
al-Muqaddimah/Prelude
1446/1447, AH (2005, CE) had been a Somber-Time for me. As I had turned Age-44/45 on the Islāmic-Calendar (Age-43 on the Gregorian-Calendar): I was the Same-Age my Father was the Year I was born (back in 1402, AH/1982, CE). This affected me deeply, as per truly at-Tafakkur (Reflection), at-Tadabbur (Introspection), etc. regarding how much Life I’ve lived versus how much Life I’ve left to live.
https://gbwrites.com/2023/10/02/plantationofpain/
al-Mawt/Death: The Bidāyah/Ending of al-Hayāt/Life
Death comes to us all. However, it matters not why and/or when we die: it’s how we die. And, I do not mean how by what Circumstances under which we died. I’m exclusively referring to what: State, Condition, Position with Allah (Creator/Lord of the Universe) at the time of Death which will be the most important.
This is how/why Muhammad (Peace be upon them warned:
“You’ll be judged via your Last-Deeds firstly.”
(an-Nawawī)
This means that our Final-Acts on Earth will undoubtedly be amongst our Most-Important Acts. This is how/why the Muslim must always be focused on having Positive-Thoughts, Positive-Feelings/Emotions, Positive-Motives, Positive-Actions, Positive-Influences, Positive-Company, Positive-Earnings, etc. Because, in All-Truthfulness/Honesty: none of us really know when we’re going to go.
Apathy is worse than Ignorance
Sadly though, Humans have allowed ash-Shaytān/Satan deceive us, letting ourselves think/feel that Death is really that “distant”: Death is rite upon our Necks. It’s exclusively the Mercy-Of-Allah which preserves Human-Life. The Human-Being is such a Strange-Creature: they witness&observe Death everyday, but yet audaciously/arrogantly think they’ll dwell within ad-Dunyā/the Mundane forever.
https://gbwrites.com/2025/06/18/lifeisanillusiondeathisnt/
Death is more than just Dying
Although most often, Death is viewed via the Lens of the End of Mundane-Existence: Death does only manifest That-Way. Death comes in Various-Forms:
Death of a Friendship
Death of a Partnership
Death of Familial/Kinship-Ties
Death of a Sexual-Relationship
Death of a Job/Career
Death of an Opportunity
Death of an Ambition
Death of a Season
Death of a Trend
Death of a Culture
Death of a Language
Death of a Nation/Country
Death of a Regime/Empire
Death of Good-Looks
Death of Vitality
Death of Interest
Death of a Desire
Death of Normalcy
etc.
Each and all of the aforemention serve as a Tadhkirah/Reminder, that there’s absolutely nothing via ad-Dunyā/the Mundane which is permanent. There’s Things, Persons, Interactions, Events, Happenings, Eras, etc. which we see rise&fall on a Daily. The Maslahah/Purpose behind this: it’s how Allah sends us Āyāt/Signs, so that we’re always recognizing/accepting the Reality that we’re never meant to reside via ad-Dunyā forever. Eventually, we all gotta leave up outta here. It’s literally just how Allah describes al-Ardh/Earth:
“All whom’re upon it shall perish.”
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.55, V.26)
Even as per at-Tanzhīr/Observation of the Natural-World: the Seasons for example…
…Allah consistently tells of how Allah causes Plant-Life to die-off and then descends Rains from the Sky to bring Life back to the Earth after causing Death.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.164; Chpt.16, V. 65; Chpt.30, V.50; Chpt.41, V.39; Chpt.43, V. 11)
To embrace Death: it’s to recognize/accept that ad-Dunyawiyyah/Mundane-Life, via Earth, is precisely how Allah describes it:
“The Enjoyment-Of-Illusion”
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.3, V.185; Chpt.57, V.20; Chpt.64, V.64)
https://gbwrites.com/2022/08/28/humaninsatiability/
Facing Death is never and will never be an “Easy-Thing”. It’s truthfully/honestly Scary-As-Hell. It’s the End of all we’ve ever known via ad-Dunyā for ourselves personally…there’s no going/coming back from Death. Death is literally the Only-Thing every Human will experience regardless of how long/how short one’s Mundane-Life was, regardless of Religion, regardless of Societal-Status, regardless of Political-Power, regardless of the Amount of Personal-Possessions, regardless of Gender, regardless of Ethnicity/Culture, etc. We all gone die.
Gareth Bryant
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