There has always been a question ringing in my mind since time immemorial..
"What kind of a person is scared of death"?
Death is truth...hence none can defy it. So what scares a person when he actually thinks of death?Thought of losing someone?...or the thought of laying alone in the grave...or the fear of the uncertain.
What is scary?
In search for the answer I asked many people..to which most of the persons replied "The persn in love with this duniya is scared of death."
True.
But it somehow never convinced me. There was something more I had to know. I held onto this statement trying to understand it. Then as it is said there is a time for everything..I found the answer.
I happened to ask my father in law and he too began with this statement..but then we had an elaborate discussion. And my quest was answered, my search ended.
Remember the story of the campanions of the cave. The very first story in Sura Al Kahf.
The young men escape from the town and seek Allah's protection. They hide in a cave and when they wake up they try to remember for how long they have slept. And they think they must have slept for a night or a part of the day....only later to realise Allah taala made them to sleep for 300 years.
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ
[Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. ]
[Part of Ayat 19 of surah Kahf]
[18:19] Saheeh International]
[Source: Tanzil.net]
This story gives us many lessons...but as far as death is concerned it affirms that is how a believer will feel when he is resurrected.
The again in Surah Naziyaat, Allah taala says
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
(It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.)
[79:46] Saheeh International
[Source : tanzil.net]
There are other examples that Allah taala gave us in the Quran to reflect.. Another one such example where Allah taala instills in us beleif of life after death is the story of Prophet Uzair (A.s) and his donkey.
Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent." [2:259] Saheeh International
[Source : tanzil.net]
Then I wondered what it must be like to be dead...to feel nothing and to be buried in a 6 feet deep grave...
And so it happened one night.
I suddenly woke up...I felt like my breath had just returned to me. It was pitch dark. (I don't sleep in complete darkness)..I almost assumed that I was dead. I thought to myself my grave looks spacious...alhamdulillah..Now I was waiting for the angels to appear...but I couldn't feel anyone coming....And the my baby squealed a bit... That is when I realised I was very much alive! I laughed at myself..and then opened the torch in my phone. But I did realise...that I just got a hint of what it would probably be like....Alhamdulillah..
May our graves be spacious with the cool breeze of Jannah ad May Allah, The Most High light it up with His Nur..
Ameen
-Afrah Taher
"What kind of a person is scared of death"?
Death is truth...hence none can defy it. So what scares a person when he actually thinks of death?Thought of losing someone?...or the thought of laying alone in the grave...or the fear of the uncertain.
What is scary?
In search for the answer I asked many people..to which most of the persons replied "The persn in love with this duniya is scared of death."
True.
But it somehow never convinced me. There was something more I had to know. I held onto this statement trying to understand it. Then as it is said there is a time for everything..I found the answer.
I happened to ask my father in law and he too began with this statement..but then we had an elaborate discussion. And my quest was answered, my search ended.
Remember the story of the campanions of the cave. The very first story in Sura Al Kahf.
The young men escape from the town and seek Allah's protection. They hide in a cave and when they wake up they try to remember for how long they have slept. And they think they must have slept for a night or a part of the day....only later to realise Allah taala made them to sleep for 300 years.
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ
[Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. ]
[Part of Ayat 19 of surah Kahf]
[18:19] Saheeh International]
[Source: Tanzil.net]
This story gives us many lessons...but as far as death is concerned it affirms that is how a believer will feel when he is resurrected.
The again in Surah Naziyaat, Allah taala says
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
(It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.)
[79:46] Saheeh International
[Source : tanzil.net]
On the day of judgement, when we will be risen to account for our deeds we will remember nothing of this life except a few hours, that is said to be the time just before a person's death. So, if he is to die in the afternoon then at the time of resurrection that is the time he will remember.
There are other examples that Allah taala gave us in the Quran to reflect.. Another one such example where Allah taala instills in us beleif of life after death is the story of Prophet Uzair (A.s) and his donkey.
Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent." [2:259] Saheeh International
[Source : tanzil.net]
Then I wondered what it must be like to be dead...to feel nothing and to be buried in a 6 feet deep grave...
And so it happened one night.
I suddenly woke up...I felt like my breath had just returned to me. It was pitch dark. (I don't sleep in complete darkness)..I almost assumed that I was dead. I thought to myself my grave looks spacious...alhamdulillah..Now I was waiting for the angels to appear...but I couldn't feel anyone coming....And the my baby squealed a bit... That is when I realised I was very much alive! I laughed at myself..and then opened the torch in my phone. But I did realise...that I just got a hint of what it would probably be like....Alhamdulillah..
May our graves be spacious with the cool breeze of Jannah ad May Allah, The Most High light it up with His Nur..
Ameen
-Afrah Taher
