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How many lives do you really have? You may be breathing, but is your soul already dead? Have you fed your body while starving your heart?
Spiritual death is more terrifying than physical death. The Qur’an reminds us that just as Allah brings the dead earth back to life, so too can He revive your soul. So how many times have you killed your heart, and how many times can you bring it back? Once you take your final breath, your chance for rebirth is over. So, will you wait for the grave to realize whether you ever truly lived? Or will you revive your soul while you still have time?
NOTE: All depictions of Barzakh are purely conceptual and only vocals were used in the making of the soundtrack.
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References:
- Ibn al-Qayyim (ra) narrated: Allah revealed to Musa: “O Musa, the first who died among My creation was Satan, for he disobeyed Me and I count the one who disobeys Me among the dead.” [Ibn al-Qayyim, Ad-Da’ wad-Dawa’]
- He was dead, and then we gave him life and light by which he walks amongst the people. [al-An’am (6):122]
- isnt it time for those who believe to humble their hearts to the remembrance of Allah and what He has revealed to the truth [Surah al-Hadid (57):16]
- Know that Allah gives life to dear barren land. [Surah al-Hadid (57):17]
- The salaf used to say, what’s more frightening than the death of one’s body is the death of one’s heart. [Miftah Dar as-Sa’ada vol. 1, p. 306]
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “The most truthful words spoken by a poet are: Verily everything but Allah is disposable.” [Sahih al-Bukhari #3841; Sahih Muslim #2256]
- Uqbah ibn Amir narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There is no Muslim that performs wudu properly, then stands in his prayer while he knows what he is saying, except he will emerge just like the day his mother gave birth to him.” [Musnad ad-Darimi]
- wudhu and salah wash away the sins just like a river of life and whatever remains falls off in ruku and sajdah just as sand would fall off from their back [Sahih Ibn Hibban #1734].
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “My Lord came to me in the most beautiful form and said, ‘O Muhammad!’ I replied, ‘Here I am, my Lord, at Your service.’
He said, ‘Do you know what the highest assembly of angels is disputing about?’
I said, ‘My Lord, I do not know.’
Then He placed His Hand between my shoulders, and I felt its coolness between my chest. At that moment, I knew all that was between the East and the West.
He said, ‘O Muhammad!’
I replied, ‘Here I am, my Lord, at Your service.’
He said, ‘Do you know what the highest assembly of angels is disputing about?’
I replied, ‘About the ranks (of virtue) and the acts of expiation: walking to congregational prayers, perfecting ablution despite hardship, and waiting for one prayer after another. Whoever adheres to these will live in goodness, die in goodness, he will be purified from his sins like the day his mother gave birth to him.” [Jami’ at-Tirmidhi #3234]
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever performs Hajj to this House and refrains from sexual relations and misconduct will return as pure as the day his mother gave birth to him.” [Sahih al-Bukhari #1820]
- Abdullah ibn Amr reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When Sulayman bin Dawud finished building Bayt al-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three things: judgment that was in harmony with His judgment, a dominion that no one after him would have, and that no one should come to this mosque, intending only to pray there, but he would emerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Two prayers were answered, and I hope that the third was also granted.” [Sunan Ibn Majah #1408]
- Shaddad ibn Aws reported: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘Verily Allah says, “When I test a believing servant of mine and he praises me for what I have tested him with, he will rise up that day as free from sin as the day his mother gave birth to him.”’” [Musnad Ahmad]
- The Prophet ﷺ told Kaab ibn Malik after Allah revealed that he was forgiven: “Rejoice in the best day you have experienced since the day your mother gave birth to you.” [Sahih al-Bukhari #4418; Sahih Muslim #2679]
- Al-Ghazali said: In the beginning you hate to transfer—just like the baby coming into this world that feels like it’s been taken from the comfort of the womb and the sustenance it was receiving. But then if comfortable, the baby grows to love this world and would never want to return to the womb. Likewise, the believer after initial birth into the Barzakh would grow to love that world more than this one after the initial labor. [Al-Ghazali, Mizan al-A’maal]
