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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Death Death-المَوت Death clings to you more closely than your own shadows and has greater authority over you than [you have over] yourselves. 1ـ اَلْمَوْتُ اَلْزَمُ لَكُمْ مِنْ ظِلِّكُمْ، وأمْلَكُ بِكُمْ (أمْلَكُكُمْ)مِنْ أنْفُسِكُمْ.

Continuously remember death and remember what you will face after death; and never wish for death except after being sure that you have fulfilled the condition for security [in the Hereafter]. 2ـ أَدِمْ ذِكْرَ المَوْتِ، وذِكْرَ ما تَقْدِمُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ المَوْتِ ولاتَتَمَنَّ المَوْتَ إلاّ بِشَرط وَثيق.

Increase your remembrance of death and of the place you have to go suddenly and return to after death, until it comes to you while you are on your guard against it and have prepared yourself for it, and let it not come over you suddenly thereby taking you by surprise. 3ـ أكْثِرْ ذِكْرَ المَوْتِ وَما تَهْجِمُ عَلَيْهِ، وتُفْضي إلَيْهِ بَعْدَ المَوْتِ حَتّى يَأتِيَكَ، وَقَدْ أخَذْتَ لَهُ حِذْرَكَ،وَ شَدَدْتَ لَهُ أزْرَكَ، ولايَأتِيَكَ بَغْتَةً فَيَبْهَرَكَ.

Prepare yourselves for death for indeed it overshadows you. 4ـ اِسْتَعِدُّوا لِلْمَوْتِ فَقَدْ أظَلَّكُمْ (أطَلَّكُمْ). Let your ears hear the call of death before it calls you. 5ـ أسْمِعُوا دَعْوَةَ المَوْتِ آذانَكُمْ قَبْلَ أنْ يُدْعى بِكُمْ. Remember the destroyer of pleasures and the spoiler of lustful desires and the caller towards separation. 6ـ اُذْكُرُوا هادِمَ اللَّذّاتِ، ومُنَغِّصَ الشَّهَواتِ، وداعِيَ الشَّتاتِ.

Beware of death and be adequately prepared for it, [for by this] you will be happy in your place of [final] return. 7ـ اِحْذَرِ المَوْتَ، وأحْسِنْ لَهُ الإسْتِعْدادَ، تَسْعَدْ بِمُنْقَلَبِكَ. Beware of insufficient provisions and increase your preparations for your departure. 8ـ إحْذَرْ قِلَّةَ الزّادِ، وأكْثِرْ مِنَ الاِسْتِعْدادِ لِرِحْلَتِكَ. Is there nobody who is ready to meet his Lord before his soul leaves [his body]? 9ـ ألا مُسْتَعِدٌّ لِلِقاءِ رَبِّهِ قَبْلَ زُهُوقِ نَفْسِهِ.

The best gift for a believer is death. 10ـ أفْضَلُ تُحْفَةِ المُؤْمِنِ المَوْتُ. More severe than death is that which one seeks to be freed from through death. 11ـ أشَدُّ مِنَ المَوْتِ ما يُتَمَنَّى الخِلاصُ مِنْهُ بِالمَوْتِ. Verily one who walks on the face of the earth will surely end up inside it. 12ـ إنَّ مَنْ مَشى عَلى ظَهْرِ الأرْضِ لَصائِرٌ إلى بَطْنِها.