Life Death and Beyond

When Pleasures Are Demolished move towards his destination in a better way. But at that very moment he begins to feel that he has become old and that the time of his death is near. Arriving at this stage, a person’s conviction turns into frustration. He feels that he is dying without having reached his final destination. The noted poet Rabindranath Tagore expressed this feeling in these words: “I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” Many people begin life with great enthusiasm but then die in utter frustration. There is only one reason for this tragedy— and that is, seeking to obtain in this temporary, ephemeral world what can be obtained only in the world of the Hereafter. To save oneself from this tragedy, very early on in life one should learn what the Creator’s creation plan is. In this world, true success is decreed only for that person who leads his life in accordance with this plan. When Pleasures Are Demolished The Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said: “Remember death often because it demolishes all desires.” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4258) Death is a sort of personal earthquake. Just as we are completely powerless in the face of an earthquake, we are completely helpless in the face of death. Death comes in accordance with God’s decision. We can do nothing but to compulsorily accept it, whether we like it or not.