DEATH

[Umm al_khair]

***OPERATION DEATH ***

 

By G.H.E Vanker

 

It was early in the morning at four.

When death knocked upon a bedroom door.

"Who is there?" the sleeping one cried.

"I'm Izrael, let me inside."

 

At once, the man began to shiver,

as one sweating in deadly fever, he

shouted to his sleeping wife,

"Don't let him take away my life."

 

"Please go away, O Angel of Death!

Leave me alone, I'm not ready yet.

My family on me depend, give me a chance,

O please prepense!"

 

The Angel knocked again and again,

"Friend! I'll take your life without a pain,

'It is your soul Allah require,

I come not with my own desire.

 

Bewildered, the man began to cry,

"O Angel! I'm so afraid to die

I'll give you gold and be your slave,

don't send me to the unlit grave."

 

"Let me in, O Friend!" the Angel said,

"Open the door, get up from your bed.

If you do not allow me in,

I will walk through it, like a Jinn."

 

The man held a gun in his right hand,

ready to defy the Angel's stand,

"I'll point my gun, towards your head.

You dare come in, I'll shoot you dead."

By now, the Angel was in the room,

Saying, "O Friend! prepare for your doom.

Foolish man, Angels never die,

Put down your gun and do not sigh."

 

"Why are you afraid! Tell me O man,

to die according to Allah's plan?

Come, smile at me, do not be grim,

be happy to return to Him."

 

"O Angel! I bow my head in shame,

I had no time to take Allah's name.

From morn till dusk I made my wealth,

not even caring for my health."

 

"Allah's commands I never obeyed

nor five times a day I ever prayed.

A Ramadan came and Ramadan went but

no time had I to repent."

 

"The Haj was already fard on me

But I would not part with my money.

All charities I did ignore taking usury more and more."

 

"Sometimes I sipped my favorite wine

with flirting women I sat to dine.

O Angel! I appeal to you spare my life for a year or two."

 

"The Laws of Qur'an I will obey,

I'll begin Salat this very day.

My Fast and Haj, I will complete,

and keep away from self conceit."

 

"I will refrain from usury,

and give all my wealth to charity, wine

and wenches I will detest,

Allah's oneness I will attest."

 

"We Angels do what Allah demands,

we cannot go against His commands.

Death is ordained for everyone,

father, mother, daughter or son."

 

"I'm afraid, this moment is your last,

now be reminded, of your past.

I do understand your fears

but it is now too late for tears."

 

"You lived in this world, two score and more,

Never did you, your people adore.

Your parents, you did not obey,

hungry beggars, you turned away."

 

"Your two ill-gotten, female offsprings,

in night-clubs, for livelihood they sing.

Instead of making more Muslims,

you made your children non-Muslims."

 

"You ignored the Mu'athin's Athaan,

nor did you read the Holy Qur'an.

Breaking promises all your life,

backbiting friends, and causing strife."

 

"From hoarded goods, great profits

you made, and your poor workers,

you underpaid.

Horses and cards were your leisure,

money-making was your pleasure."

 

"You ate vitamins and grew more fat,

with the very sick, you never sat.

A pint of blood you never gave,

which could a little baby save."

 

"O human, you have done enough wrong,

you bought good properties for a song.

When the farmers appealed to you,

you did not have mercy, 'tis true."

 

"Paradise for you? I cannot tell,

undoubtedly you will dwell in hell.

There's no time for you to repent,

I'll take your soul for which I'm sent."

 

The ending, however, is very sad.

Eventually the man became mad.

With a cry, he jumped out of bed.

And suddenly, he fell down dead.

 

O Reader! take a moral from here,

you never know, your end may be near.

Change your living and make amends,

for heaven, on your deeds depends.

 

With du'a

Wassalamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh

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"Life is such a wonderful gift......"

[RendezVous]

This is a real master piece we surely ignore..

 

JAzakallah Kheiran sis..You need some merit.

[Umm al_khair]

thanks brother or sister

am glad you found it beneficial.

[Warrior of Light]

Thanks for the reminder. I just lost an uncle of mine on Sunday. May Allah forgive him and rest his soul in peace and this topic is still fresh in my mind.

Ya Rabb let us die as Committed Muslims. Amin

[Umm al_khair]

inalillah wa'inali rajiuun..

 

may allah make your uncle one of his chosen ones, those who he give shade on the day when there is no other shade but his.

may he also make the punishment of the grave easy for him and grant him al jannah. ameen.

 

do not give up on praying for him akhi as your prayers will help you uncle big time.

[RendezVous]

Warrior of Light...May Allah give you courage on that..Inaa Lillah Wa inaa Illeyhi Raajiccun..This is life and we all going back to Allah who created us..

 

I have also lost one family member this week.We pray all muslims Brothers/Sisters Commemorate their Time In Seeking To reach for Allah's Grace and mercy..

 

Insha-llah..

[Warrior of Light]

Thank you for your kind words. It is all part of Allahs plan. Every soul will taste death. We have to prepare ourselves wisely though.

 

Ukhti Muslimah thank you sis, Im also a fellow Ukhti.

[sheherazade]

Ukhti M, thanks for the reminder. I didn't read the poem-couldn't today- but the title was all I needed to see. I have a gulp in my throat for the people we prayed for at the Mosque today, may Allah forgive them and grant them paradise. The gulp is also for myself- tick, tock, will I die a better Muslim or a worse one?

 

WOL and Rendezvous, Ilaahey ha u naxariisto your family members.

 

Inaa lilaahi wa ina ileeyhi raajicuun.