the sky; and no matter what arrangement you make is a vain attempt to keep yourself secured and safe from death, you will not escape death, you will still die. (Tafseer-e-Na’eemi, vol. 5, pp. 242)

تُو خُوشی کے پُھول لے گا کب تلک                         تُو یہاں زِندہ رہے گا کب تلک

لہلہاتے کھیت ہوں گے سب فنا                  خُوشنما باغات کو ہے کب بقاء

کر لے جو کرنا ہے آخر موت ہے                  ایک دن مرنا ہے آخر موت ہے

چل دِیئے دُنیا سے سب شاہ و گَدا              کوئی بھی دُنیا میں کب باقی رہا

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We came to know that the day of death is fixed. Whether we enclose ourselves in a well-fortified house or sit on the highest peak, we can never escape death. When one goes through the pangs of death and one’s soul is seized, one undergoes the most difficult moments of one’s life. The blessed Quran mentions the agonies of death:

وَ  جَآءَ تۡ   سَکۡرَۃُ    الۡمَوۡتِ  بِالۡحَقِّ  ؕ   ذٰ لِکَ  مَا کُنۡتَ   مِنۡہُ    تَحِیۡدُ    ﴿۱۹﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: ‘And the hardship of death came with the truth; ‘This is what you were escaping from!’ (Part 26, Surah Qaaf, verse 19)

‘Allamah Shu’ayb Harifeesh رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated in the interpretation of aforementioned blessed verse, ‘The word ‘بِالْحَقِّ’ implies the reality of the state and situation of the Hereafter, the deceased will be    aware of it and would witness death with his own eyes and would observe angel of death (Malak-ul-Maut عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام) closely. And the kind of dread and fear he undergoes is indescribable. Any interpreter or explainer is unable to explain and interpret its dreadfulness fully, except for the person who has gone through this stage.’ (Hikayatayn aur Nasihatayn, pp. 183)

The blessed Quran says:

وَ  لَوۡ   تَرٰۤی   اِذِ   ا لظّٰلِمُوۡنَ   فِیۡ   غَمَـرٰتِ   الۡمَوۡ تِ   وَ  الۡمَلٰٓئِکَۃُ   بَاسِطُوۡۤ ا   اَیۡدِ یۡہِمۡ   ۚ

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: ‘And if you see when the unjust are in the throes of death and the angels are with their hands outstretched.’ (Part 7, Surah Al-An’am, verse 93)

The renowned and respected Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَـنَّان has stated, ‘As the non-believers suffer many kinds of agonies at the time of death: (this is why, plural form is used here ‘غَمَـرَات’) agony of death, pain of leaving world, pain of seeing the angels inflicting torments and pains of receiving news about the torments to come., etc. In short, they face unimaginable troubles when they die. For believers, the time of death is a source of many pleasures.