* Do Not Grieve At My Death * {!}
{Al-Ghazali (R)} said...
“Say to my friends, when they look
upon me Dead.
Weeping for me and mourning me
in sorrow...
Do not believe that this corpse is myself !
In the name of Allah,
I tell you, it is not I...
I am a Spirit and this is nothing but Flesh {!}
It was my abode and my garment for a time.
I am a Pearl which has left its Shell.
I am a Bird, and this body
was my Cage...{!}
I have now flown forth
and it is left as a token.
All praise be to Allah,
who has now set me free !
[from the shackles of life]
Think not that death is death...
No...{!}
It is the beginning of a New Life {!}
The Qur`an, in the last Verse of the Surat Kahf
has expressed death as a meeting with Allàh and says:
“So whoever desires to meet his Lord,
he should do good deeds and not associate
anyone in the worship of his Lord.”
(Source~ Qur`an Surat 'Kahf'~ 18: A #110)
A Little Note :
There are many Metaphors used in this passage of Al-Ghazali's (R)
so words have been inserted in square brackets for ease of reading
and to remove any misinterpretation or confusion which may arise..... !
'In Shaa Allah'.
~My 'Salaams' to all ~
~ Y a s m i n ~
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Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the Worlds'.
{'Qur`an'~Surat Al-'An`am -# 6-162.}
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' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.
[Al-Hasan Al-Basree (r)]
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