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DEATH, RESURRECTION, HELL

minute granted to him. The death of everyone, its location and time,
as well as the way one dies are all predetermined.

Despite this, however, some people assume death to be the last
point of a logical sequence of events, whereas its actual reasons are
known only to Allah. Everyday death stories appear in newspapers.
After reading these stories, some people make ignorant comments
like: "He could have been saved, if necessary precautions had been
taken" or "He would not have died, if so and so had happened." Not
a minute longer or less can a person live, other than the time deter-
mined for him. However, people, who are remote from the con-
sciousness granted by faith, view death as a component of a
sequence of coincidences. In the Qur'an, Allah warns believers

against this distorted rationale which is peculiar to unbelievers:
You who have faith! Do not be like those who disbelieve and
say of their brothers, when they went on journeys or military
expeditions, 'If they had only been with us, they would not
have died or been killed.' Allah will cause them to regret their
words. It is Allah Who ordains life and death. Allah sees what
you do. (Surah Al 'Imran: 156)

Assuming death to be a coincidence is sheer imprudence. As
suggested in the verse above, this gives great spiritual anguish and
irresistible trouble to man. For unbelievers losing a relative or a
loved one is a cause of anguish and remorse. Attributing death to
bad luck or negligence, they think there could be some leeway to
avoid death. This is the rationale which indeed adds to their grief
and regret. This grief and regret, however, is nothing but the torment
of disbelief.
Nevertheless, contrary to the received wisdom, the cause of

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