Reflections on Life and Death

If you see things in this perspective, you will realize that our every moment on Earth can be the ‘final moment’. When we get up in the morning, we can never be sure if we shall get to see the evening of that same day. And every evening, we have no idea if we will live to see the next morning. Every moment of ours in this world could very well be our last. Any and every moment can possibly be the last moment for the whole of humanity as well, marking the end of the period that God has determined for it—the passing away of its 24th hour, as it were, and humanity’s entry into its decisive ‘25th hour’. People are nervous of a nuclear war, but what they should really be petrified of is the announcement of the Day of Judgment, because it is not definite that a nuclear war will ever happen, but that the Day of Judgment will come some say is certain and definite, and its consequences will be ever-lasting.

At Death’s Door D eath is the most certain stage in life. Every one of us definitely has to pass through this stage. For every being that is bestowed with life, the arrival of death is a must. Every living creature will one day die. Every eye that sees will one day lose its light. Every tongue that speaks will one day fall silent. Every person will one