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belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah
is Well–Acquainted with all that you do.” (Surat Aal-e-
Imran, 3:180)

8 Death is near

The members of the profane society are basically
ignorant, negligent and shallow. Their lives are not
based on common sense or logic. On the contrary,
they live with vain and false beliefs, and follow
conjectures that end with fallacies. One of these is
their belief about death. They believe that death is
something even not to be thought about.

What they really expect is to escape from it by
ignoring it. By not thinking about it, they believe that
they can elude it. But this is just like the ostrich who
puts her head in the sand in order to escape from the
danger. Ignoring danger does not make it disappear.
On the contrary, the person at risk will certainly
encounter danger, but without having made any
preparations for it, will, in consequence receive a
much bigger shock— unlike the believers who
ponder on and prepare themselves for this important
reality, the truth of which has been experienced by all
thepeople who have ever lived. Allah, therefore,

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