AFTER DEATH

After Death ~ 101 ~ AFTER DEATH By the snorting war steeds, which strike fire with their hoofs, as they gallop to the raid at dawn, and with a trail of dust, split apart a massed army; man is ungrateful to his Lord! To this he himself shall bear witness. And truly on account of his love of wealth he is niggardly. Is he not aware that when the dead are thrown out from their graves and men’s hidden thoughts are laid open, their Lord will on that day have full knowledge of them all? (The Qur’an 100:1-11) The horse is an extremely faithful animal. It sacrifices itself to the uttermost for its master, even at the cost of its life. It expresses symbolically what man should be like, i.e. that he should have faith in his Lord, just as the horse trusts its master. But in practice this does not happen.