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to avoid useless efforts, free themselves from their current
level of unawareness, and make the best possible use of their
time here.

Thinking about death

Each person has been allotted a specific amount of time
in this world, after which he or she will die:
Say: “Death, from which you are fleeing, will certainly
catch up with you. Then you will be returned to the
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He will
inform you about what you did.” (Surat al-Jumu‘ah: 8)
Death comes to all people, even to those who fear it and
avoid thinking about it. But the moment of death will be dif-
ferent for those who have ignored Allah’s decrees and those
who have not. Deniers will come face to face with death when
they least expect it, and thus will be overcome with fear and
horror. Moreover, their lives will be taken amidst great suffer-
ing:
How will it be when the angels take them in death, beat-
ing their faces and their backs? (Surah Muhammad: 27)
At that moment, they will see the meaninglessness of
their worldly ambitions and the things they put above Allah’s
commands and prohibitions. Everything they valued—fami-
lies, relatives, jobs, cars, and all their other possessions—will
become as nothing. Completely helpless and alone, their fear
of what is to come will grow. Only now realizing that their lives
have been for nothing, they will be sorry that that they did
nothing to earn His favor. In their fear and sorrow, they will try

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