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Warhol

2/20/2005 10:12:00 AM

The Cow

http://www.ishwar.com/islam/h...(yusuf)/sura002.html

Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).

No one escapes

The Lessons from Death
http://groups.msn.com/Islami...

Life slips away second by second. Are you aware that every day brings you
closer to death or that death is as close to you as it is to other people?

As we are told in the verse

QURAN
"Every soul shall taste death in the end; to Us shall you be brought back."
(Surat al-'Ankabut: 57
Everyone who has ever appeared on this earth was destined to die. Without
exception they all died, every one. Today, we hardly come across the traces
of many of these people who passed away. Those currently living and those
who will ever live will also face death on a predestined day. Despite this
fact, people tend to see death as an unlikely incident.

Think of a baby who has just opened its eyes to the world and a man who is
about to breathe his last. Both had no influence on their individual birth
or death whatsoever. Only God possesses the power to inspire the breath of
life or to take it away.

All human beings will live until a certain day and then die; God in the
Quran gives an account of the attitude commonly shown towards death in the
following verse:

QURAN
Say: "The death from which you flee will truly overtake you: then you will
be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will tell you
(the truth of) the things that you did!" (Surat al-Jumu'ah: 8)
The majority of people avoid thinking about death. In the rapid flow of
daily events, a person usually occupies himself with totally different
subjects: what college to enroll in, which company to work for, what color
of clothing to wear next morning, what to cook for supper; these are the
kinds of major issues that we usually consider. Life is perceived as a
routine process of such minor matters. Attempts to talk about death are
always interrupted by those who do not feel comfortable hearing about it.
Assuming death will come only when one grows older, one does not want to
concern himself with such an unpleasant subject. Yet it should be kept in
mind that living for even one further hour is never guaranteed. Everyday,
man witnesses the deaths of people around him but thinks little about the
day when others will witness his own death. He never supposes that such an
end is awaiting him!

Nevertheless, when death comes to man, all the "realities" of life suddenly
vanish. No reminder of the "good old days" endures in this world. Think of
everything that you are able to do right now: you can blink your eyes, move
your body, speak, laugh; all these are functions of your body. Now think
about the state and shape your body will assume after your death.

From the moment you breathe for the last time, you will become nothing but a
"heap of flesh". Your body, silent and motionless, will be carried to the
morgue. There, it will be washed for the last time. Wrapped in a shroud,
your corpse will be carried in a coffin to the graveyard. Once your remains
are in the grave, soil will cover you. This is the end of your story. From
now on, you are simply one of the names represented in the graveyard by a
marble stone.

During the first months or years, your grave will be visited frequently. As
time passes, fewer people will come. Decades later, there will be no-one.

Meanwhile, your immediate family members will experience a different aspect
of your death. At home, your room and bed will be empty. After the funeral,
little of what belongs to you will be kept at home: most of your clothes,
shoes, etc, will be given to those who need them. Your file at the public
registration office will be deleted or archived. During the first years,
some will mourn for you. Yet, time will work against the memories you left
behind. Four or five decades later, there will remain only a few who
remember you. Before long, new generations will come and none of your
generation will exist any longe r on earth. Whether you are remembered or
not will be worthless to you.

While all this is taking place in the world, the corpse under the soil will
go through a rapid process of decay. Soon after you are placed in the grave,
the bacteria and insects proliferating in the corpse due to the absence of
oxygen will start to function. The gasses released from these organisms will
inflate the body, starting from the abdomen, altering its shape and
appearance. Bloody froth will pop out the mouth and nose due to the pressure
of gasses on the diaphragm. As corruption proceeds, body hair, nails, soles,
and palms will fall off. Accompanying this outer alteration in the body,
internal organs such as lungs, heart and liver will also decay. In the
meantime, the most horrible scene takes place in the abdomen, where the skin
can no longer bear the pressure of gasses and suddenly bursts, spreading an
unendurably disgusting smell. Starting from the skull, muscles will detach
from their particular places. Skin and soft tissues will completely
disintegrate. The brain will decay and start looking like clay. This process
will go on until the whole body is reduced to a skeleton.

There is no chance of going back to the old life again. Gathering around the
supper table with family members, socializing or to having an honorable job
will never again be possible.

In short, the "heap of flesh and bones" to which we assign an identity faces
a quite nasty end. On the other hand, you - or rather, your soul - will
leave this body as soon as you breathe your last. The remainder of you -
your body - will become part of the soil.

Yes, but what is the reason for all these things happening?

If God willed, the body would never have decayed in such a way. That it does
so actually carries a very important inner message in itself.

The tremendous end awaiting man should make him acknowledge that he is not a
body himself, but a soul "encased" within a body. In other words, man has to
acknowledge that he has an existence beyond his body. Furthermore, man
should understand the death of his body which he tries to possess as if he
is to remain eternally in this temporal world. However this body, which he
deems so important, will decay and become worm-eaten one day and finally be
reduced to a skeleton. That day might be very soon.

Despite all these facts, man's mental process is inclined to disregard what
he does not like or want. He is even inclined to deny the existence of
things he avoids confronting. This tendency seems to be most apparent when
death is the issue. Only a funeral or the sudden death of an immediate
family member brings this reality to mind. Almost everybody sees death far
from himself. The assumption is that those who die while sleeping or in an
accident are different people and what they face will never befall us!
Everybody thinks it is too early to die and that there are always years
ahead to live.

Yet most probably, people who die on the way to school or hurrying to attend
a business meeting shared the same thought. They probably never thought that
the next day's newspapers would publish news of their deaths. It is entirely
possible that, as you read these lines, you still do not expect to di e soon
after you have finished them or even entertain the possibility that it might
happen. Probably you feel that it is too early to die because there are many
things to accomplish. However, this is just an avoidance of death and these
are only vain endeavors to escape it:

QURAN
Say: "Running away will not profit you if you are running away from death or
slaughter; and even if (you do escape), no more than a brief (respite) will
you be allowed to enjoy!" (Surat al-Ahzab: 16)
Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet
during his life, he lives almost addicted to possessions. His sole purpose
in life becomes to possess more. Yet, no-one can take his goods with him to
the grave. The body is buried wrapped in a shroud made from the cheapest of
fabrics. The body comes into this world alone and departs from it in the
same way. The only asset one can take with him when one dies is one's belief
or disbelief.

__________________
PEACE
...............................................
Glorified are You O' my ALLAH and I am in Your praise, I testify that there
is no ALLAH except You, I ask Your forgiveness and repent unto You.
_________________________

To each is a goal to which Allah turns him; then strive together (as in a
race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you
Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.


1 Answer

Warhol

2/21/2005 6:40:00 AM

0

For the unbelievers,
Relax boys and girls, there is a very simple explanation for all these so
called Dead phenomenons. Once one understands the concept of preys and
predators, the pieces sort of arrange themselves into proper perspective and
then it all makes sense. Planet earth basically is a big chicken farm and we
are the chickens. Naturally our masters are much more technologically
advanced over us and since we are so relatively low in the scale of
evolution, it is difficult for us to comprehend their farming equipment let
alone understand the physics behind it. One thing we must understand is that
our masters are very kind, since we have proven to them back with our
ancestral Adam and Eve that we do not have the mental capacity to either
understand them nor follow their rudimentary instructions, it only makes
sense that they only keep their distance from us. We even lack the ability
to see what a death experience really is for us. What our primitive brains
see as death in reality is nothing but the action of one-s feathers being
plucked and the carcass dipped into a soup making machine which packages us
ready for serving in the supermarket at the opposite dimension. Apparently
we are also evolving a little, for finally we at least starting to realize
that we are not alone in this universe and stark reality occasionally hits
some of us that there may be someone smarter out there.
See you all in heaven, hell, or chicken pot, whatever. Smile we have Bush to
save us from all things that we don't know.

"Warhol" <molarh@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
37r62gF5i43lfU2@individual.net...
> The Cow
>
> http://www.ishwar.com/islam/h...(yusuf)/sura002.html
>
> Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).
>
> No one escapes
>
> The Lessons from Death
> http://groups.msn.com/Islami...
>
> Life slips away second by second. Are you aware that every day brings you
> closer to death or that death is as close to you as it is to other people?
>
> As we are told in the verse
>
> QURAN
> "Every soul shall taste death in the end; to Us shall you be brought
back."
> (Surat al-'Ankabut: 57
> Everyone who has ever appeared on this earth was destined to die. Without
> exception they all died, every one. Today, we hardly come across the
traces
> of many of these people who passed away. Those currently living and those
> who will ever live will also face death on a predestined day. Despite this
> fact, people tend to see death as an unlikely incident.
>
> Think of a baby who has just opened its eyes to the world and a man who is
> about to breathe his last. Both had no influence on their individual birth
> or death whatsoever. Only God possesses the power to inspire the breath of
> life or to take it away.
>
> All human beings will live until a certain day and then die; God in the
> Quran gives an account of the attitude commonly shown towards death in the
> following verse:
>
> QURAN
> Say: "The death from which you flee will truly overtake you: then you will
> be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will tell you
> (the truth of) the things that you did!" (Surat al-Jumu'ah: 8)
> The majority of people avoid thinking about death. In the rapid flow of
> daily events, a person usually occupies himself with totally different
> subjects: what college to enroll in, which company to work for, what color
> of clothing to wear next morning, what to cook for supper; these are the
> kinds of major issues that we usually consider. Life is perceived as a
> routine process of such minor matters. Attempts to talk about death are
> always interrupted by those who do not feel comfortable hearing about it.
> Assuming death will come only when one grows older, one does not want to
> concern himself with such an unpleasant subject. Yet it should be kept in
> mind that living for even one further hour is never guaranteed. Everyday,
> man witnesses the deaths of people around him but thinks little about the
> day when others will witness his own death. He never supposes that such an
> end is awaiting him!
>
> Nevertheless, when death comes to man, all the "realities" of life
suddenly
> vanish. No reminder of the "good old days" endures in this world. Think of
> everything that you are able to do right now: you can blink your eyes,
move
> your body, speak, laugh; all these are functions of your body. Now think
> about the state and shape your body will assume after your death.
>
> From the moment you breathe for the last time, you will become nothing but
a
> "heap of flesh". Your body, silent and motionless, will be carried to the
> morgue. There, it will be washed for the last time. Wrapped in a shroud,
> your corpse will be carried in a coffin to the graveyard. Once your
remains
> are in the grave, soil will cover you. This is the end of your story. From
> now on, you are simply one of the names represented in the graveyard by a
> marble stone.
>
> During the first months or years, your grave will be visited frequently.
As
> time passes, fewer people will come. Decades later, there will be no-one.
>
> Meanwhile, your immediate family members will experience a different
aspect
> of your death. At home, your room and bed will be empty. After the
funeral,
> little of what belongs to you will be kept at home: most of your clothes,
> shoes, etc, will be given to those who need them. Your file at the public
> registration office will be deleted or archived. During the first years,
> some will mourn for you. Yet, time will work against the memories you left
> behind. Four or five decades later, there will remain only a few who
> remember you. Before long, new generations will come and none of your
> generation will exist any longe r on earth. Whether you are remembered or
> not will be worthless to you.
>
> While all this is taking place in the world, the corpse under the soil
will
> go through a rapid process of decay. Soon after you are placed in the
grave,
> the bacteria and insects proliferating in the corpse due to the absence of
> oxygen will start to function. The gasses released from these organisms
will
> inflate the body, starting from the abdomen, altering its shape and
> appearance. Bloody froth will pop out the mouth and nose due to the
pressure
> of gasses on the diaphragm. As corruption proceeds, body hair, nails,
soles,
> and palms will fall off. Accompanying this outer alteration in the body,
> internal organs such as lungs, heart and liver will also decay. In the
> meantime, the most horrible scene takes place in the abdomen, where the
skin
> can no longer bear the pressure of gasses and suddenly bursts, spreading
an
> unendurably disgusting smell. Starting from the skull, muscles will detach
> from their particular places. Skin and soft tissues will completely
> disintegrate. The brain will decay and start looking like clay. This
process
> will go on until the whole body is reduced to a skeleton.
>
> There is no chance of going back to the old life again. Gathering around
the
> supper table with family members, socializing or to having an honorable
job
> will never again be possible.
>
> In short, the "heap of flesh and bones" to which we assign an identity
faces
> a quite nasty end. On the other hand, you - or rather, your soul - will
> leave this body as soon as you breathe your last. The remainder of you -
> your body - will become part of the soil.
>
> Yes, but what is the reason for all these things happening?
>
> If God willed, the body would never have decayed in such a way. That it
does
> so actually carries a very important inner message in itself.
>
> The tremendous end awaiting man should make him acknowledge that he is not
a
> body himself, but a soul "encased" within a body. In other words, man has
to
> acknowledge that he has an existence beyond his body. Furthermore, man
> should understand the death of his body which he tries to possess as if he
> is to remain eternally in this temporal world. However this body, which he
> deems so important, will decay and become worm-eaten one day and finally
be
> reduced to a skeleton. That day might be very soon.
>
> Despite all these facts, man's mental process is inclined to disregard
what
> he does not like or want. He is even inclined to deny the existence of
> things he avoids confronting. This tendency seems to be most apparent when
> death is the issue. Only a funeral or the sudden death of an immediate
> family member brings this reality to mind. Almost everybody sees death far
> from himself. The assumption is that those who die while sleeping or in an
> accident are different people and what they face will never befall us!
> Everybody thinks it is too early to die and that there are always years
> ahead to live.
>
> Yet most probably, people who die on the way to school or hurrying to
attend
> a business meeting shared the same thought. They probably never thought
that
> the next day's newspapers would publish news of their deaths. It is
entirely
> possible that, as you read these lines, you still do not expect to di e
soon
> after you have finished them or even entertain the possibility that it
might
> happen. Probably you feel that it is too early to die because there are
many
> things to accomplish. However, this is just an avoidance of death and
these
> are only vain endeavors to escape it:
>
> QURAN
> Say: "Running away will not profit you if you are running away from death
or
> slaughter; and even if (you do escape), no more than a brief (respite)
will
> you be allowed to enjoy!" (Surat al-Ahzab: 16)
> Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet
> during his life, he lives almost addicted to possessions. His sole purpose
> in life becomes to possess more. Yet, no-one can take his goods with him
to
> the grave. The body is buried wrapped in a shroud made from the cheapest
of
> fabrics. The body comes into this world alone and departs from it in the
> same way. The only asset one can take with him when one dies is one's
belief
> or disbelief.
>
> __________________
> PEACE
> ..............................................
> Glorified are You O' my ALLAH and I am in Your praise, I testify that
there
> is no ALLAH except You, I ask Your forgiveness and repent unto You.
> _________________________
>
> To each is a goal to which Allah turns him; then strive together (as in a
> race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you
> Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.
>
>