290) The Master of the God-fearing...
290.The Master of the God-fearing, upon whom be peace, was one of those rare human beings who had truly understood the meaning of life and had caused death itself to fear him. Few men have advanced the claim that `Ali made: “I swear by God that the son of Abu Talib is more at ease with death than a suckling infant with the breast of its mother.” The whole of his life turns out on examination to be a proof for this claim.
Why should that extraordinarily pure man, who never exaggerated concerning his love for God, not long day and night for the meeting with God Almighty, for hastening to His supreme presence? With his pure nature and exalted mind he had understood that death means liberation from the dark fetters of matter and…
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