Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 9
9 a live in the next year. In East Punjab, millions of Muslims prepared clothes for the wintertime , but all those clothes had to be left behind [due to the partition of India and Pakistan] , and t hose clothes fell into the hands of the Sikhs. Although, as certain as they could be, it still wasn’t conclusive ; rather it was doubtful. Even though the y were not fully certain [of future events] , people still prepared clothes for the next winter. However, despite being certain that every person will die and most surely pass away , t here are many people on this earth who make no preparation for their own death. The Holy Prophet sa said that th e angels of God Almighty descend ev ery night and whilst address ing the people they say , “ O people! Bear childre n so that they may die; and build houses so that the y may fall down and be ruined!” This mea n s that every child who is b orn will die, and any house which is built will fall dow n. However, despite all of this, people do not reduce their attempts to have children, nor do they desist in their efforts to build hous es. They continue to have c hildren and they continue to build houses. However, it never occurs to them that they should bring up their children in such a way that the lives they live are in fulfillment of the true purpose of their lives. It never occurs to them that they should build houses so that the name o f God Almighty is p roclaimed within th em. After all, what is the real purpose of having children and hous e s? Only those children who establish a relationship with Allah are a source of blessings and likewise, only those houses in which Allah ’s name is invoked , are blessed. Unfortunately, no one pays any attention to these two matters. Day after day, week after week, and year after year pass by until one day , the angel of death arrive s and th at person goes empty handed before God Almighty. Amongst those who pass away, there are both kinds of people ; those who are loved by God Almighty and those who remain estranged from God Almighty. The Holy Qur’an states that at the time of death for some people , the angels come and say, “ Come, hand over your lives so that we may put you in hell. ” T o others, the angels come and say , “Glad tidings to you. Allah , your Creator , sends you the message of peace and He has opened the doors of heaven for you. ”