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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of His Saying, "And the agony of death comes with the truth. That is what you used to turn away from"

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The Shaykh :
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth وجاءت سكرة الموت بالحق
[Qaf 50:19]
It is an agony that is not the intoxication of drink, nor the intoxication of desire, nor the intoxication of love, nor the intoxication of wealth, nor the intoxication of rank, nor the intoxication of leadership, but it is the agony of separation, the agony of parting from this world, in which a person feels that he has left this world, left the abode of action. In this state, he is not intoxicated because he has left his mother and father, or his wife and children, but he is intoxicated because he has left the abode of action.
until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back (100) That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." حتى إذا جاء أحدهم الموت قال رب ارجعون لعلي أعمل صالحا فيما تركت
[Al-Mu'minun 23:99-100]
He does not say, "Return us, so that I may return to my wife, or to my mother, or to my father, or to my child, or to my friend," but he says, "Return us, so that I may do good in what I left behind." Allah the Exalted says:
No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. (101) So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. كلا إنها كلمة هو قائلها ومن ورائهم برزخ إلى يوم يبعثون فإذا نفخ في الصور فلا أنساب بينهم يومئذ ولا يتسائلون
[Al-Mu'minun 23:100-101]
My brother, I say to myself and I ask Allah the Exalted to soften my heart and your hearts. I say, remember this verse.
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth وجاءت سكرة الموت بالحق
[Qaf 50:19]
This agony, you do not know when it will descend upon you. You do not know if it will descend upon you in the morning or in the evening. You do not know if it will descend upon you soon or far off. You do not know if it will descend upon you while you are on your bed. You do not know if it will descend upon you while you are on the chair of your office. You do not know if it will descend upon you while you are in your car heading to your work, but it is prevented from you. O brother, O Muslim, O believer, O one who is certain, you cannot deny death, for death is witnessed and felt. But procrastination, negligence, and carelessness take hold of you until you exclude the occurrence of death, and it is not far off. "What you are promised is coming." O brothers, I call upon myself and you to always remember this agony.
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid. وجاءت سكرة الموت بالحق ذلك ما كنت منه تحيد
[Qaf 50:19]
"That" is either a relative pronoun, meaning "that which you used to turn away from and flee from," but say,
Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you إن الموت الذي تفرون منه فإنه ملاقيكم
[Al-Jumu'ah 62:8]
or "that" is a negation, meaning "that which you cannot escape from." And we all know that this is the end of every person.
Source alathar.net

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