قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: "فاجتمعت عليه سكرات الموت، فغير موصوف ما نزل به".

قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: "فاجتمعت عليه سكرات الموت، فغير موصوف ما نزل به". "He will see the Messenger of Allah‎ and his Pure Family, peace and blessings of Allah‎ be with them all, the angels of mercy and those of torment, all present near him as he awaits their verdict and what they will decide.

On the other hand, the army of Satan and his helpers (will also be present in order to prevent him by all means from saying La ilaha illa-Allah‎ لا إله إلا الله, There is no god save Allah‎, which is the key to salvation), to cast doubt in his heart and try hard to rob him of his belief (iman ايمان) so he will come out of this life without iman.

At the same time, he is overwhelmed by expecting the presence of the angel of death: In what form it will approach him and how he will take his life away, etc. The Commander of the Faithful (ﻉ) has said: 'The stupors of death surround him, so no description can be made for what has afflicted him.'" What about the munjiyat المنجيات during this very critical and dangerous phase, the acts of adoration which one can form during his lifetime so they may help ease or even cancel his pain of death?

We are told on p. 9 of Abbas al-Qummi's precious work منازل الآخرة Manazil al-Akhira, which is the main source for this text material, that it is reported that the Messenger of Allah‎ (ﺹ) was present during the death of a young man. The Prophet (ﺹ) told the dying youth to testify that لا إله إلا الله La ilaha illa-Allah‎ (There is no god save Allah‎), but his tongue was tied and he could not.

Whenever the Prophet (ﺹ) repeated his تلقين talqeen (instruction to the dying person to make a pronouncement), the dying young man could not respond. The Prophet (ﺹ) asked a woman who was sitting at the head of the dying young man if she was his mother, and she answered in the affirmative. He again asked her if she was angry with her young son, and she again answered in the affirmative, adding that she had not spoken to him for the past six years.

The Prophet (ﺹ) asked her to be pleased with her son now, so she said, "May Allah‎ be pleased with him on account of you being pleased with him, O Messenger of Allah‎." When the mother thus expressed her pleasure with her dying son, the latter was able to pronounce La ilaha illa-Allah‎ لا إله إلا الله. The Prophet (ﺹ) then asked the youth to tell him about what he saw.