Alas, our heedlessness! Despite being aware of the facts of the severe agonies of death, darkness of the grave, its insects, strict questioning by Munkar and Nakeer strictly, decayed bones and the intensity of the torment of the grave we are not bothered to earn virtues!

گو پیشِ نظر قبر کا پُر ہَول گڑھا ہے        افسوس مگر پھر بھی یہ غفلت نہیں جاتی

اے رحمتِ کونین! کمینے پہ کرم ہو       ہائے! نہیں جاتی بُری خصلت نہیں جاتی

(Wasail-e-Bakhshish, pp. 382)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Loneliness is sufficient

Suppose if there is no punishment in the grave, but still it is a real test to remain in the narrow and dark grave for a long period of time, as the state of our fragile bodies is such that if we are imprisoned in a splendid luxurious mansion with all the facilities for some days all alone, we will be frightened.

کہہ رہی ہے شاہوں سے قبر کی یہ تنہائی

تاج و تخت کے مالک آج کیوں اکیلے ہیں

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has said: Try to recall the memory of those friends, relatives and loved ones who have passed away in loneliness. Try to recall the memory of every dead person living near you. While imagining them, now think, how busy they were with their worldly jobs, how they struggled to improve their status in society by seeking higher education and wealth and how they had dreams for their worldly future. They faced many difficulties and troubles for their worldly business. They were busy with just worldly tasks. They loved the luxuries and comforts of the world only. They were living their lives as if they would never die and were lost in worldly joys. Their shroud had already arrived in the market but they were unaware and were lost in worldly matters. In this unawareness, they were suddenly captured by death and were put into their graves. Their