While you are reading this phrase in the different places of the world, with different reasons millions of people have died. If you ask these people one minute ago most probably they did not know that they will die. Whereas you who's reading this article or me who's writing this article, maybe we won’t live after a couple of minutes. Maybe these are our last minutes on the earth to repent and to be closer to Allah.
If not today, one day we will all certainly die at some point. We, people we know and people we love will die also. After 100 years from now no one we know today will be on earth.
People wake up every morning making short term or long term plans for their lifes. But death is not included in these plans. Whereas most of these plans might not occur, death will certainly occur.
One while going to work in a new acquired position or one who succeeded taking a university exam that has been working for years, or one who just goot married, while returning from the wedding celebration could suddenly die because of a traffic accident. A businessman would prefer an airplane for attending a meeting out of the city or the country and yet the plane could fall, or he can have a heart attack even before reaching the airport in his limousine.
Because of the food one is trying to swallow, an accidental electric shock, a random accident where one slips and hit on the head, a blood clot in one's veins, we don't realize that at any plan or daily event one has planned, losing ones life is a viable posibility. All the plans that we make are focused on things that remain in this world but you will find yourself in the hereafter all of a sudden. The question is, have you made any plan for after death?
Some people avoid thinking about death, they can not even talking about it. They make plans only for this world and they live as if they will never die. They escape from death and thinking about death. Whereas as Allah states in the Surah al-Jumu’a, the death which they flee will truly overtake them.
Say: "The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will tell you (the truth of) the things that ye did!" (Surah al-Jumu’a 8)
The reason of why most people avoid thinking of death is that they assume that the life of this world -which they always search for a better and comfortable life- is real. However the life of this world is transitory. Even if one lives up to 100 years when we compare it with hereafter it equals a little time just like an eye-blinking.
Think the first day of your elementary school. While you are thinking those past days would never end you found yourself on the secondry school classes, then you graduate from college... Days and years pass so quickly. At some point of time, you get married, you have children, even grandchildren and every passing day you approach to death more. But death is not the end. Death is the start of your endless life. The endless heaven or the endless hell.
Allah created the world in order to test people. To test who will act rightly and who will be a good servant to Himself. Allah described the heaven and the hell with all the details in the Qur’an. And while he is giving good news about heaven to the Righteous who believe and work righteous deeds, he promises the hell to whom they rebel against Allah and who doesn’t follow his orders. This world is never a place that one could prefer going to Hell for a few transient whims instead of Heaven. Because as Allah stated in the Qur’an, hereafter is better than this world.
Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world; But the Hereafter is better and more enduring. (Surah al-A’la 16,17)
The life of this world is a play and amusement and chattels of deception.
Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah.. And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception? (Surah al-Hadid 20)
The real world which will never end, which will end forever is hereafter, heaven and hell.
Allah states in the Qur’an that “Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous...” (Surah Al-Imran, 133). Therefore a believer’s aim must be try to win love, mercy, blessing and the heaven of Allah. So while making plans for the life of this world, a believer never forgets hereafter. One makes plans for the life of this world if only it will be good for her or him in the hereafter. A believer never forgets that Allah is the one and only, everything is in His control and He can take his or her life whenever He wants. A believer lives each moment as if he or she will die at any time. “To live each moment as if he or she will die at any time” doen’t mean “we are coming to this world once so let’s enjoy from it”, it means “we are coming to this world once so we have to live for Allah and we have to be a good servant to him.”
Death is a reality and is more important than everything in this world. However one plans everything in the life of this world, there should definetly be plan which is made for death and hereafter also. Because when we die, we will find ourselves infront of Allah all alone, and we will give account about what we do in the life of this world. After death –without the permission of Allah- it is impossible to turn back to this world and correct the mistakes. Therefore when Allah is giving us life, time and facility we should try to be the ones who loved by Allah and we should try to win His Heaven, without forgetting that any moment we can die. May be these article is the last warning to you from Allah.
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24 Mart 2013 Pazar
THE ONLY SOLUTION TO CORRUPTION IS THE UNION OF MUSLIMS - Didem Rahvanci
Especially in recent years there is a great suffering in Muslim world. We are opening our eyes to every new day with a persecution news from a Muslim country. One day Palastine, one day Syria, one day Iraq, another day Burma, another day East Turkestan...
Muslims are being martyred brutally for years and they are driven out of their countries, children are left parentless and parents are left childless. The mosques and all other places of worship are being destroyed, their prayers are attempted to be prevented, our sisters are being raped. No news is received from those who are being arrested in their homes and taken away for no reason at all. Our dearest Muslim brothers and sisters are being burnt alive, they are brought by mass graves and are executed.. They are deprived of water and food and are being subjected to worst kinds of tortures...
Shortly Muslims in Palastine, Burma, Iraq, East Turkestan, Afghanistan, the Crimea, Kirkuk, Moro, Pathani, Syria and more Muslim countries are suffering.
While all these cruelty happens, the only solution is all Muslims to unite and become brothers immediately . This is the urgent need of the Muslim world.
Those who are kafir are the friends and protectors of one another. If you do not act in this way there will be turmoil in the land and great corruption. (Surah Al-Anfal 73)
As Allah stated in Qur’an, this riot and corruption won’t be disappear from the world as long as Muslims unite. But as Muslims help each other and become friends, this lead to prosperity.
The one who doesn’t make an effort to unite, it means that person grants opression. Granting opression means participating the oppression. Power comes from unity. The power of Muslims will come from the unity by the Will of Allah.
While Allah is stating “Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate...” in Surah Al-Imran verse 103, he tells us an obligation. Allah commands Muslims to be united. Being separate and fragmented -especially in an environment like this- is forbidden.
Muslims who believe in the same Allah, Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (SAV) should be brothers and united but it is exemplary that they conflict each other because of some reasons. The leading reason is the denominational and cultural conflicts.
Whereas according to Islamic morals, for a Muslim, the measure must be the fear of God, in faith, moral perfection, sincerity towards God and piety (taqwa). Differences in the Muslim world must be appreciated as a source of richness and they never can be a source of potential fragmentation, division and dispersal.
Quarrel thoroughly destroys the power of Muslims who needs to unite now. Allah draws attention to this fact in the Qur’an.
... do not quarrel among yourselves lest you lose heart and your momentum disappear. And be steadfast. Allah is with the steadfast. (Surat Al-Anfal 46)
Muslims should set aside differences between them and unite and be brothers very urgently. Otherwise neither we can solve our problems nor can we put an end to the prosecution conducted by external forces.
A LETTER FROM THE OPEN-AIR PRISON OF KASHMIR - Didem Rahvanci
A Muslim from Kashmir, where millions of Muslims live in suffering and that has literally turned into an open-air prison for them, wrote this on his blog this week;
Imagine Kashmir
Imagine that an open-air prison with a population of 7 million has been closed. Imagine living in a labyrinth with military camps in every district. Imagine the psychological trauma. Imagine you have got used to the trauma.
Imagine!
Imagine you spend 6 days indoors as the army patrols your doors. Imagine your baby crying from hunger and you have run out of baby food. Imagine that your young people like me have gone underground to avoid being detained and tortured.
Imagine!
Imagine that doctors cannot issue death certificates for the “dead.” Imagine firing at funerals and the bodies being polluted.
Imagine!
Imagine a democracy where you cannot say the word “Liberty.” Imagine a democracy that is in fact an occupation, colonialism. Imagine your father was taken away and never returned. Think of children dying every day.
Imagine!
Imagine you spend your spare time with stories of martyrs, rape and slaughter. Imagine your football pitch being surrounded by military camps. Imagine being slapped in the streets for not carrying your “identity card.”
Imagine!
Imagine that the definition of peace is “Only 10 people died, thee things happen.”
Imagine you live here for one day.
I have lived here for 20 years. I live in Kashmir.
This is the latest letter from Kashmir, where Muslim blood flows.
Do not forget Kashmir. Do not remain silent in the face of what the oppressed Muslims in Kashmir are undergoing. Silence means collaboration with oppression.
But where is Kashmir? And what is the reason for this oppression?
The Indian subcontinent was under British rule until the end of the Second World War. After the British left, Indian Muslims founded Pakistan. Many Muslims living in India them moved to Pakistan. Yet although the Kashmiri region known as “Jammu and Kashmir” on the borders of India, Pakistan and China was 67% Muslim, it remained part of India due to various plots and intrigues on the part of the Indian rulers of the time. From that time some 4 million Muslims, according to figures for 2001, have lived under the persecution and oppression of the Indian government.
The Kashmiri Muslims wanted to escape that oppression and attain independence, but these demands resulted in three terrible massacres by Indian forces in 1947, 1965 and 1971. Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims were martyred in these massacres, and more than 4,000 Muslims women were raped and tortured.
In the 1990s, the Indian administration stepped up its violent measures. Thousands of Muslims were detained for no reason and martyred under torture. Homes were looted, schools providing Islamic instruction and newspapers were closed down. The despotic administration went even further and open dam gates, flooding Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and terrible physical damage in the region. To date, thousands of Muslims are known to have been martyred in Kashmir, thousands of people have been mistreated in Indian prisons and thousands more have simply disappeared. The main reason for this persecution of the people of Kashmir, the acts of violence, the groundless arrests, the torture and the economic embargos is, without doubt, that the people of Kashmir are Muslims. Cruel policies are being used to try to stop Muslims becoming united and strong.
To look at what is going on from another perspective;
Kashmir is one of the world’s most important regions in terms of gold, emerald and ruby deposits. And since this region under Indian occupation stands on high mountains, it is easy to keep the whole area under control. Because of this strategic importance and underground wealth Kashmir is of interest to several countries. A great intrigue has been going on in Kashmir for many years, involving a number of countries.
We can say that for half a century, Kashmiri Muslims have been at war, not only with India, or radical Hindu organizations, but also anti-Islamic lobbies. The savagery these forces apply against Kashmiri Muslims is on a giant scale. However, as throughout history, through today’s various means of propaganda, what is going on in Kashmir and the region is being reflected very differently. Kashmiris who resist Indian oppression and strive to live in peace in their own lands are described as radicals, while India is depicted as a country striving against radical groups. Pakistan is alleged to be supporting radical groups, and that were it not for the incitement and encouragement given by Pakistan, the problems between Kashmir and India could be resolved very quickly. Pakistan is portrayed as the true cause of the problems, and people say that it would held the resolution of the problems if these countries came under powerful pressure from the West. This is the policy line regarding Kashmir of a number of countries.
Pakistan being forced away from the Kashmiri cause through threats of sanctions, being included on the list of terrorist countries or plentiful loans from Western countries will mean the immediate fall of an isolated Kashmir. All that the people of Kashmir, exposed to Indian oppression for half a century, want is to be able to live by their own religion, not to be persecuted simply for being Muslims and town land where they can raise their children in peace and safety.
Turkey has a major responsibility regarding the Kashmiri question. Turkey must develop and implement a rational policy on Kashmir in order to oppose the oppression and persecution and to support its co-religionists, the Muslims of Kashmir. In Indian policy that disregards Kashmir and ignores the oppression going on there, will place Turkey under a spiritual scourge and also clash with its historic identity. In order for Turkey to be truly influential across a wide stretch of land from “the Adriatic to China,” it needs to adopt a line that will win the love of the wronged people in that region.
Imagine Kashmir
Imagine that an open-air prison with a population of 7 million has been closed. Imagine living in a labyrinth with military camps in every district. Imagine the psychological trauma. Imagine you have got used to the trauma.
Imagine!
Imagine you spend 6 days indoors as the army patrols your doors. Imagine your baby crying from hunger and you have run out of baby food. Imagine that your young people like me have gone underground to avoid being detained and tortured.
Imagine!
Imagine that doctors cannot issue death certificates for the “dead.” Imagine firing at funerals and the bodies being polluted.
Imagine!
Imagine a democracy where you cannot say the word “Liberty.” Imagine a democracy that is in fact an occupation, colonialism. Imagine your father was taken away and never returned. Think of children dying every day.
Imagine!
Imagine you spend your spare time with stories of martyrs, rape and slaughter. Imagine your football pitch being surrounded by military camps. Imagine being slapped in the streets for not carrying your “identity card.”
Imagine!
Imagine that the definition of peace is “Only 10 people died, thee things happen.”
Imagine you live here for one day.
I have lived here for 20 years. I live in Kashmir.
This is the latest letter from Kashmir, where Muslim blood flows.
Do not forget Kashmir. Do not remain silent in the face of what the oppressed Muslims in Kashmir are undergoing. Silence means collaboration with oppression.
But where is Kashmir? And what is the reason for this oppression?
The Indian subcontinent was under British rule until the end of the Second World War. After the British left, Indian Muslims founded Pakistan. Many Muslims living in India them moved to Pakistan. Yet although the Kashmiri region known as “Jammu and Kashmir” on the borders of India, Pakistan and China was 67% Muslim, it remained part of India due to various plots and intrigues on the part of the Indian rulers of the time. From that time some 4 million Muslims, according to figures for 2001, have lived under the persecution and oppression of the Indian government.
The Kashmiri Muslims wanted to escape that oppression and attain independence, but these demands resulted in three terrible massacres by Indian forces in 1947, 1965 and 1971. Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims were martyred in these massacres, and more than 4,000 Muslims women were raped and tortured.
In the 1990s, the Indian administration stepped up its violent measures. Thousands of Muslims were detained for no reason and martyred under torture. Homes were looted, schools providing Islamic instruction and newspapers were closed down. The despotic administration went even further and open dam gates, flooding Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and terrible physical damage in the region. To date, thousands of Muslims are known to have been martyred in Kashmir, thousands of people have been mistreated in Indian prisons and thousands more have simply disappeared. The main reason for this persecution of the people of Kashmir, the acts of violence, the groundless arrests, the torture and the economic embargos is, without doubt, that the people of Kashmir are Muslims. Cruel policies are being used to try to stop Muslims becoming united and strong.
To look at what is going on from another perspective;
Kashmir is one of the world’s most important regions in terms of gold, emerald and ruby deposits. And since this region under Indian occupation stands on high mountains, it is easy to keep the whole area under control. Because of this strategic importance and underground wealth Kashmir is of interest to several countries. A great intrigue has been going on in Kashmir for many years, involving a number of countries.
We can say that for half a century, Kashmiri Muslims have been at war, not only with India, or radical Hindu organizations, but also anti-Islamic lobbies. The savagery these forces apply against Kashmiri Muslims is on a giant scale. However, as throughout history, through today’s various means of propaganda, what is going on in Kashmir and the region is being reflected very differently. Kashmiris who resist Indian oppression and strive to live in peace in their own lands are described as radicals, while India is depicted as a country striving against radical groups. Pakistan is alleged to be supporting radical groups, and that were it not for the incitement and encouragement given by Pakistan, the problems between Kashmir and India could be resolved very quickly. Pakistan is portrayed as the true cause of the problems, and people say that it would held the resolution of the problems if these countries came under powerful pressure from the West. This is the policy line regarding Kashmir of a number of countries.
Pakistan being forced away from the Kashmiri cause through threats of sanctions, being included on the list of terrorist countries or plentiful loans from Western countries will mean the immediate fall of an isolated Kashmir. All that the people of Kashmir, exposed to Indian oppression for half a century, want is to be able to live by their own religion, not to be persecuted simply for being Muslims and town land where they can raise their children in peace and safety.
Turkey has a major responsibility regarding the Kashmiri question. Turkey must develop and implement a rational policy on Kashmir in order to oppose the oppression and persecution and to support its co-religionists, the Muslims of Kashmir. In Indian policy that disregards Kashmir and ignores the oppression going on there, will place Turkey under a spiritual scourge and also clash with its historic identity. In order for Turkey to be truly influential across a wide stretch of land from “the Adriatic to China,” it needs to adopt a line that will win the love of the wronged people in that region.
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