The Living Concept of Death
English book, p. 275
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE LIVING CONCEPT OF DEATH Death announces the reality that the different systems of man’s existence are in the power of Someone Else. As long as He wants, He keeps man alive in this world and when He wants, He brings death to that person. On a daily basis, about one lakh deaths take place in this world. They give us news of the utmost importance. But it is very strange that, the living have no conscious knowledge of the importance of this news. THE LIVING CONCEPT OF DEATH Death is a compulsory expulsion from this world. The Angel of Death takes a person from the present world compulsorily to another world. Successful is one who has developed a personality that is worthy of being accepted in the Hereafter by God. My younger brother, Abdul Muheet Khan, who was an engineer, died on January 31, 2010. At the time of his death in Faizabad (U.P), he was about 75 years old. During my long life I have seen thousands of people dying or have heard of their deaths. But the death of my brother was a totally new experience. It brought to me a new concept. If I have to name it, I will say it is the living concept of death. I pondered on how I had this new concept of death. We were six brothers and sisters. After the death of my younger brother, it came to me all of a sudden that all my sisters and brothers had died except for me. Now I was left all alone. This feeling gave me a jolt. I thought that up till yesterday my sisters and brothers had been in this very world where I

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