Love of God
English book, p. 323
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH think at all about life after death. This is why every time they mention the things of this world, they do not mention the issue of the Hereafter at all. This is why people have become indifferent to death. Nothing reminds them of death. Not even others’ deaths. They see others dying but they do not give any thought to their own death. The truth is forgetfulness of death is also forgetfulness of their future. Death is like an earthquake. Whatever opportunities man has must be seized before the earthquake, for after the earthquake no one will have the opportunity to do anything. THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH The personality of one who remembers death will be transformed in every respect. His thinking will become totally Hereafter-oriented. What is the remembrance of death? The remembrance of death is when you are able to think with complete consciousness that this living existence of yours will be all of a sudden taken away from this present world, then you will be sent to another world, where everything you have here will be taken away from you. You will be all alone in that world. You will not even be able to speak to your friends and relatives. And you will have nothing to support you. When this feeling comes to you in keen awareness, that will be the remembrance of death. The remembrance of death is not a thing of the past, a distant matter. The remembrance of death means to come to grips with the horrible experience which you shall have to face in

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