Like 'Life', 'Death' is a 'Created thing'.

Like 'Life', 'Death' is a 'Created thing'. Allah says in the Qur'an: “Blessed be He………..Who has created death and life, so that He might test you which of you is most righteous in action”. (Qur'an, 67:1-2) And the Creator of Death and Life has decreed that a Soul, once created, will never perish. It will live for ever.

The Holy Prophet (S) has said: “You have not been created for extinction, but for eternal existence”.[^1] According to Islamic teachings, death is a continuation of life, but in another place. Once we accept this Truth, it stands to reason that those who would be obedient to Allah, leading virtuous life, would welcome the chance of leaving this transitory world, to live in eternal bliss in the sight of Allah.

For such persons, death is a welcome and pleasant stage through which they gladly pass to reach their desired goal. On the other hand, if his life is spent in transgression of the commands of Allah, he will understandably shrink from the name of death. For such a person, death is the beginning of eternal misery and disgrace. Therefore, he is bound to hate death. Allah addresses the Holy Prophet in the Qur'an, in these words:- “'Say, 'O ye who follow the Jewish religion!

if you say that you are the friends of God above other men, then wish for death if you speak truth?' But they will never wish for it, because of that which their hands have sent before them; and God well knows the unjust.” (Qur'an, 62:6-7 ) These two aspects of death are explained by all the Masumeen (peace be on them all); and in the next chapter some traditions are quoted for the benefit of the readers. (17) Death: is it Desirable?

The Holy Prophet said: “You have not been created to perish, but to remain for ever; only you transfer from one home to another; and the souls are strangers on earth and are in the bodies (like) prisoners”. Hazrat 'Ali (A.

S.), in reply to a question about death, stated: “Death is one of the three things happening (to the dying person); Either it is good tidings of eternal bliss, or bad tidings of eternal punishment, or there is vague threatening suspense, so that he does not know in which group he will be included. “So, the one who is our lover and obeys us, is the one who gets the good tidings of eternal bliss.