The Most Profound Thoughts on Death
- The issue of death is not solely about the deceased; it concerns those who remain.
- Life is but a dream from which death awakens us.
- No illusion appears as real as love, nor reality is treated as an illusion like death.
- If death were to create something, it would cease to exist forever! However, it is a weak force compared to the vibrant and overflowing powers of life, from which God, the Living One, initiates life and allows it to flourish.
- A nation that excels in embracing death and knows how to die with honor is granted by God a dignified life in this world, and eternal bliss in the hereafter. Our weakness that has humiliated us is solely due to our love for this world and fear of death.
- Embrace death, and life will be granted to you. Understand that death is inevitable and occurs only once; if it is for the sake of God, it is a gain for this world and a reward in the hereafter.
- Death extinguishes what life illuminates, leaving shadows in its wake.
- Welcoming death is better than turning away from it.
- When you approach death, you change; when you serve as a soldier, you change; and as you age, you change.
- If we do not understand what life is, how can we comprehend what death is?
- When you mention the deceased, consider yourself one of them.
- We should not mourn our friends; it is a mercy to lose them in death rather than while they are alive.
- Two things have deprived me of the pleasures of life: the remembrance of death and standing before God.
- The death of the righteous brings comfort to their souls, while the death of the wicked provides relief to people.
- A horse dies while its saddle remains; a human ends while their name persists.
- Death makes us equal in the grave, not in eternity.
- Is there a place for farewell, or is it a ship without a sail? I wish time could return, and our meetings last forever; yet no matter how many years pass, death is always a lament.
- Death never arrives late.
Beautiful Thoughts on Parting
- The worst occurrence is realizing the value of our loved ones only after parting.
- Our hours in love have wings, but in parting, they have claws.
- Though eternal separation is difficult, we must learn to forget in order to live.
- Parting from loved ones causes anguish in our hearts.
- Your harshness was your sin, while my arrogance was mine; when our sins intertwined, separation became their offspring.
- This entire lifetime is insufficient to express my love for you; it is too short for the journey with you and too long to spend in separation.
- The most painful aspect of parting is that it only chooses the fairest in our eyes and the dearest in our hearts.
- As if the one who takes the soul in his hand during death is the same one who touches it at parting with the tips of his fingers.
- Those accustomed to wandering as sheep know that they will always reach a moment where separation is unavoidable.
- Then I spend the next day erasing each word as your eyes, like golden compasses, always point toward the seas of separation.
- Parting is a small death.
- How painful it is for a woman’s heart to cling to a man who was never meant to be hers, yet fate has caused them to part. Despite the separation, she continues to love him eternally, while the pain within us keeps repeating—when will the time come for this pain to disperse?
- We have distanced ourselves as if parting has drawn the carpet of happiness from beneath our feet.
Condolences for the Bereaved
- We belong to God, and to Him we shall return. With hearts filled with acceptance, sorrow, and separation, we find joy and confidence in God that they have returned to those more merciful than themselves… they have joined the exalted companions.
- May God reward you with patience, grant you the best of condolences, and forgive your deceased.
- Indeed, we belong to God, and to Him we shall return. O Allah, grant us a reward for our calamity and replace it with something better.
- I share in the sorrow you feel; do not lose hope, for God hears your prayers.
- We extend our warmest condolences to you and your esteemed family; may God envelop the deceased in His vast mercy.
- O Allah, accept their soul with acceptance, and grant them the paradise You have promised to Your righteous servants.
- May God provide you with solace in your affliction; we belong to God, and to Him we shall return.
- I honestly do not know what to say, but we can only pray for them to receive mercy… We belong to God, and to Him we shall return; we are but travelers on this road.
- To God belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He gives; all things are with Him for an appointed time. We ask God to have mercy on them, forgive their sins, grant them spaciousness in their grave, and illuminate it for them.
- Indeed, we belong to God, and to Him we shall return. There is no power nor strength except in God; there is no deity except God. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, nor where it will die. For this, let us prepare.
- Indeed, we belong to God, and to Him we shall return. I ask God to have mercy on them and to replace them with a home better than theirs and a family better than theirs. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward and do not lead us astray after them. Ameen.
- May God provide you with comfort in your loss; we belong to God, and to Him we shall return.
Poems on Death and Parting
- By Abu Al-Ata’ al-Hindi:
I have played while death sought after me,
And in death, I find distraction from play.
If my thoughts were to stretch towards what I have been promised,
I would not have been so eager for the world or its pursuit.
Glory be to Him who has no equal,
Indeed, the one eager for the world is in toil.
- By Al-Farazdaq:
I see that death spares neither the strong nor the bold,
It draws near to all like a watchful stalker.
Does not the world grant us some nights,
But time returns to do harm?
And whoever rides the noble steeds towards war,
Will inevitably face enemies standing together.
By your life, I will never forget ibn Ahwaz as the winds blew and the doves sang,
For I remember vividly when the strings were struck in the heat of battle.
- By Al-Qadi Al-Fadhil:
Death and parting are both unbearable for me,
Had it not been for such, there would be no talk of death or separation.
- By Ibn Al-Ra’la:
Not every one who has died has found rest in death,
Rather, the truly dead are the living ones.
The truly dead are those who live in disgrace,
Very little hope remains for them.