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SINCERITY DESCRIBED IN THE QUR’AN

worldly one, as a termination.
Due to such ideas, "death" or even "thinking about death"
becomes frightening and disturbing to them. They come to
believe that they will not be able to find any pleasure in this
worldly life, and that all enjoyments will lose their

excitement if they start to think about death. Consequently,
they aim to derive the most pleasure from the blessings of
this world, and to become more immersed in this life, by
ignoring the subject of death.
However, whether or not a person thinks about or forgets
death, the ultimate result will remain unchanged. As already
mentioned by the verse quoted here, each man will certainly
meet his death:
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’a: 8)

Therefore, the wise approach will be to prepare oneself to
encounter this inevitability, rather than avoiding it in neglect
or forgetfulness. If one leads a life to gain Allah’s consent,
then death will bring no loss or harm to him. On the contrary,
it will be the means to enable him to start his eternal and
more sublime life. If this person has turned to Allah with a
sincere heart, death will not be painful, regardless of its
means. In the Qur’an, Allah refers to those "who gently draw
out the souls of the blessed." (Surat an-Nazi’at: 1-2)
Therefore, if a man is faithful and sincere, death will not be a
painful end for him.
On the other hand, thinking about death is an important
means enabling one to derive the greatest pleasure from the