The Rajput princes would surely see the real Mumal. All persons whether scholars, holy men, nobles and kings, who rely on their accomplishments, shall eventually die.
Note: The 'Princes' may mean highly evolved self-effaced seekers.
All creatures shall obey the order of Allah and quit this world.
My Lord, the Guide! May you make me quit the world with Kalima on my tongue.
TRADITION: He who recites the Kalima as the last thing in this world, shall be admitted in Paradise.
My Patron Lord! May you make easy and without throes my quittance from this world.
نشان مردِ مومن با تو گویم
چو مرگ آید تبسم بر لب او است
(Iqbal)
Let me tell you the mark of a true believer. When death approaches him, he smiles.
TRADITION: At the time of death, the soul of a true believer trickles out of his body just as water trickles out of a skin bag.
O Prophet! May you come to my relief at all difficult times!
My Guide and Leader! Pray see that you do not forsake this mendicant in the Hereafter.
ای ذات تو در دوکون مقصود وجود
نامِ تو محمد و مقامت محمود
دل برلب دریائ شفاعت بستم
واز دیدہ روان می کند از دیدہ ورود
(Khayam)
You are in both the worlds creation's light,
Your name is Muhammad, place utmost height;
My heart reclines on the ocean of your grace,
My eyes are flowing rivers for your sight.
Note: The 'guide' and 'leader' imply the Prophet of Islam.
Allah's word that 'all living creatures shall taste death' is absolutely true (and infallible).
Every person shall taste death. (188, AI-lmran).
Everything is predestined and it shall take effect.
Abdul Latif says: "O sisters! The sublime person (i.e. the Prophet) will be gracious to me."
Note: In the above Vai the poet has referred to two things, to wit:
a) The inevitability of death, and
b) Its excrutiatingly painful process.
With regard to death he has quoted the Quranic verse which states that creatures must invariably taste death (at the scheduled time, which however, is known to none 'except Allah).
2) The Prophet of Islam referred to death as the destroyer of all worldly pleasures, affiliations and programmes. Accordingly he advised the believers to be mindful of its approach and not go get too much engrossed in the worldly pursuits, because the severity of death generally varies directly with our interest in the temporal things. In fact the departure of every dear and near one from this world should open our eyes to our ever approaching exit; and that should automatically make us less worldly minded.
3) What does سڪرات mean by the way? It is an Arabic word. It is derived from سڪر meaning rage. It means the process of death accompanied by its agony or throes. The Quranic verse relating to it is as under:
And the stupor of death certainly comes. This is what you were trying to run away from.(19, Qaf).
The Prophet of Islam once said that severity of the death's throes may well be compared to the stabs successively inflicted by means of 300 swords. In view of its awful nature all believers, including the Prophets, even though indifferent to death otherwise, were always worried on account of سڪرات and they prayed to Allah for relief at its time. The Prophet of Islam also constantly prayed for an easy end. There is no wonder, under the circumstances, that the poet too invoked the grace of Allah to be with him at the time of his death.
4) After the soul enters the body in embryo, it permeates the entire human system. Hence before death sets in, it has naturally to be withdrawn from all limbs of the body. This process, which is known as سڪرات systematic but slow and extremely painful. Finally the soul leaves through the mouth culminating in death. To quote an instance of its severity, Prophet Moosa compared his death to the roasting on fire of a living sparrow which neither flies off nor dies.