Angel of Death

Wherever you are, death will find you out

…. When their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor [an hour] can they advance [it in anticipation] (Qur’an chapter 7 verse 34)


This is a tale of an Average Man,
Who acts contrary to Allah’s plan?
If you are reflected herein,
Then repent and commit no sin.

It was early ion the morning at four,
When death knocked upon a bedroom door,
“Who is there?” the sleeping one cried.
“I am Isar’il, let me inside.”

At once a man begin to shiver,
As one sweating in deadly fever,
He shouted to his sleeping wife:
“Don’t let him take away my life.”

“Please go away, O Angel of death!
Leave me alone; I’m not ready yet,
My family on me depends,
Give me a chance, O please perpend!”

The Angel knocked again and again.
“Friend, I’ll take your life without a pain,
It is your soul that Allah requires,
I come not with my own desire.”

Bewildered the man began to cry.
“O Angel of Death, I am so afraid to die,
I’ll give you gold, and be your slave,
Don’t send me to the unlit grave.”

“Let me in, O Friend!” the Angel said.
“Open the door, get up from your bed.
If you do not allow me in,
I will walk through it like a Jinn.”

The man held a gun in his right hand,
Ready to defy the Angel’s stand.
“I’ll point my gun towards your head,
You dare come in, I’ll shoot you dead.”

By now the Angel was in the room,
Saying: “O Friend! Prepare for your doom.
Foolish man, Angels never die,
Put down your gun and do not sigh.”

“Why are you afraid? Tell me, O man,
To die according to Allah’s plan?
Come smile at me, do not be grim.
Be happy to return to Him.”

“O Angel I bow my head in shame.
I had no time to take Allah’s name
From morning till dusk, I made my wealth,
Never even caring my health.”

“Allah’s command I never obeyed.
Nor five times a day I never prayed,
A Ramadan came and a Ramadan went,
But no time I had to repent.”

“The hajj was already fard on me,
But I would not part with my money.
All charities, I did ignore,
Taking usury, more and more.”

“Sometimes I sipped my favorite wine.
With flirting women I sat to dine.
O Angel! I appeal top you,
Spare my life for a year or two.”

“The laws of Qur’an, I will obey,
I’ll begin Salah this very day,
My fast and Hajj I will complete,
And keep away from self conceit.”

“I will refrain from usury,
And give all my wealth to charity.
Wine and wenches I will detest.
Allah’s Oneness I will attest.”

“We Angels do what Allah demands.
We cannot go against His commands.
DEATH is ordained for everyone,
Father, mother, daughter, son.”


“I’m afraid this moment is your last.
Now be reminded more of your past.
I do understand your fears,
But its now too late for tears.”
“You lived in this world two score or more.
Never did you your people adore.
Your parents, you did not obey.
Hungry beggars you turned away.”

“Your two ill-gotten female offspring’s,
In nightclubs for livelihood they sing.
Instead of making more Muslims,
You made your children non-Muslims.”

“You ignored the muezzin’s Adhan,
Nor did u read the Holy Qur’an.
Breaking promises all your life,
Backbiting friends, and causing strife.”

“From hoarded goods, great profits you made,
And your poor workers underpaid.
Horses and cards are your leisure,
Money-making was your pleasure.”

“You ate vitamins and grew more fat.
With the very sick you never sat.
A pint of blood, you never gave,
You did not have mercy, it’s true.”

“Paradise for you? I cannot tell.
Undoubtedly you will dwell in hell.
There’s no time for you to repent.
I’ll take your soul, for which I’m sent.”

The ending however, is very sad.
Eventually, the man became mad.
With a cry he jumped out of bed,
And suddenly, he fell down dead.

four types of men

There are four types of men:

A man that knows, but does not know that he knows;
That one is negligent, so remind him.

A man that does not know, and does not know that he does not know;
That one is foolish, so abandon him.

A man that does not know, and knows that he does not know;
That one is ignorant, so teach him.

A man that knows, and knows that he knows;
That man is a knower, so follow him.

By: Al Khalil ibn ahmad al Farahidi

the nature of time

Perhaps we are aware of the saying "What is the longest, yet the shortest; the swiftest, yet the slowest; all of us neglect it, and then we all regret it? nothing can be done without it, it swallows up all that is small and it builds up that is great"

It is time.

It is the longest because it is the measured eternity; it is the shortest because none of us have time to finish life's work; it is the swiftest to those that are happy, slowest to those who suffer. Nothing can be done without it because it is the only theater in which we live. Time is what life is made of! It swallows up into oblivion all that is unworthy of posterity, and it builds and preserves all that is great and unselfish.

Every morning when we wake up, our pocketbook is filled with twenty-four hours.

The Prophet (SAW) tells us that:

Not a single dawn breaks out without two angels calling out: "Oh Son of Adam, I am a new day and I witness your actions, so make the best out of me because I will never come back till the Day of Judgment".

Each day must be filled with things to be proud of. Unless we are ready to start right now, regardless of our good intentions, this time tomorrow, this time next week, this time ten years from now we shall be bogged down.