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And why are you in pursuit of desires and are in pursuit of your body’s welfare and comfort?[^3] فراشات متناثرة عَظيمُ هَولُهُ وَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ حَيارَي مِثلَ مَبثُوثِ الفَرَاشِ بِهِ تَتَغَيرُ الألوَانُ خَوفاً وَ تَصطَکُّ الفَرائِصُ بِار تِعَاشِ هُنَا لِکَ کُلُّ مَا قَدَّمتَ يبدُو فَعَيبُکَ ظَاهِرُ والسِّرُّ فَاشِ تَفَقَّد نَقصَ نَفسِکَ کَلَّ يوم فَقَد أَودي بِهَا طَلَبُ المَعَاشِ أَلا لِمَ تَبتَغِي الشَّهَوَاتِ طَوراً وَ طَوراً تَکتَسي لِينَ الرِّياشِ؟ Frightful Day Have you ever heard of a day more difficult than the day of death?

The despots will be abjected and the aggrieved will get ready for protest and revenge Lot of people who were poor in this world will take a place among the noble and honourable people But of course, Allah will be much more merciful than ever on that day; great is Allah who is the Creator of every human being.[^4] يوم المهيب وَ لَم يمرُر بِهِ يومٌ فَظِيعٌ أَشَدُّ عَلَيهِ مَن يومِ الحِمَامِ وَ يومُ الحَشرِ أَفظَعُ مِنهُ هَولاً إِذَا وَقَفَ الخَلاَئِقُ بَالمَقَامِ فَکَم مِن ظَالِمٍ يبقَي ذَلِيلاً وَ مَظلُومٍ تَشَمَّرَ لِلخِصَامِ وَ شَخصِ کَانَ فِي الدُّنيا فَقيراً تَبَوَّأَ مَنزِلَ النُّجبِ الکِرامِ وَ عَفوُ اللهِ أَوسَعُ کُلِّ شَيءٍ تَعَالَي اللهُ خَلاَّقُ الأنَامِ Separation due to Death In every separation there is a hope of re-union, except death; as after that there is no hope of meeting again Death is a merciless separator which does not even give us a chance to say goodbye Every relation eventually leads to separation.

It is true that the profit of this world is very less and such less profit is of no use Even such less profit is hard to get as if its hanging between the teeth’s of wild beasts.[^5] افتراق بالموت لِکُلِّ تَفَرُّقِ الدِّنيا اجتِمَاعُ فَمَا بَعدَ المَنُونِ مِنِ اجتِمَاعِ فِرَاقٌ فَاصِلٌ وَ نَوَي شَطُونٌ وَ شُغلٌ لاَ يلَبّثُ لِلودَاعِ وکُلُّ أُخُوَّةٍ لاَ بُدَّ يوماً وَ إن طَالَ الوِصَالُ إلَي انقِطَاعِ وَ إنَّ مَتَاعَ ذي الدُّنيا قَليلُ فَمَا يجدِي القَلِيلُ مِنَ المَتَاعِ وَ صَارَ قَلِيلُهَا حَرِجاً عَسِيراً تَشَبَّثَ بينَ أنيابِ السِّبَاعِ Land and the Dead Ishaq bin Ibrahim says: I was informed that Imam Husayn (as) visited the graves of martyrs in Baqi’ (graveyard) and said: I called upon the inhabitants of the graves and they did not answer and stayed silent The small particles of sand and gravels replied in their place The soil said: Do you know what I did with my inhabitants?