Death Arrival

 

 It was early in the morning at four. 

When death knocked upon a bedroom door. 

     ""Who is there?” the sleeping one cried. ”I’m Izrael, let me inside"."

      At once, the man began to shiver, as one sweating in deadly fever,

      He shouted to his sleeping wife, "Don’t let him take away my life"

    "Please go away, O Angel of Death! Leave me alone, I’m not ready yet.

      My family on me depend, give me a chance, O please prepense!”

 The Angel knocked again and again, "Friend!  I’ll take your life without a pain,

        its your soul Allah require, I come not with my own desire.

      Bewildered, the man began to cry, "O Angel! I’m so afraid to die

    I’ll give you gold and be your slave, don’t send me to the unlit grave."

 "Let me in, O Friend!" the Angel said, "Open the door, get up from your bed.

        If you do not allow me in,I will walk through it, like a Jinn"

     The man held a gun in his right hand, ready to defy the Angel’s stand,

 "I’ll point my gun, towards your head. You dare come in, I’ll shoot you dead"

 By now, the Angel was in the room, Saying, “O Friend! prepare for your doom.

     Foolish man, Angels never die, Put down your gun and do not sigh."

    "Why are you afraid!  Tell me O man, to die according to Allah’s plan?

       Come, smile at me, do not be grim, be happy to return to Him."
    "O Angel!  I bow my head in shame, I had no time to take Allah’s name. 

    From morn till dusk I made my wealth, not even caring for my health."
    Allah’s commands I never obeyed nor five times a day I ever prayed. 

  O Angel! I appeal to you spare my life for a year or two."

   "The Laws of Qur’an I will obey, I’ll begin Salat this very day. 

My Fast and Haj, I will complete, and keep away from self conceit"

    "I will refrain from usury, and give all my wealth to charity, 

Wine and wenches I will detest, Allah’s oneness I will attest.”

  "We Angels do what Allah demands, we cannot go against His commands

         "I do understand your fears but it is now too late for tears."

  "You lived in this world, two score and more, Never did you, your people adore. 

Your parents, you did not obey, hungry beggars, you turned away."

    "You ignored the Mu’athin’s Azaan, nor did you read the Holy Qur’an.

    Breaking promises all your life, backbiting friends, and causing strife."

  "From hoarded goods, great profits you made, and your poor workers, you underpaid.

 

     "Paradise for you? I cannot tell, undoubtedly you will dwell in hell.
   There’s no time for you to repent, I’ll take your soul for which I’m sent"

     The ending, however, is very sad.  Eventually the man became mad.
     With a cry, he jumped out of bed.  And suddenly, he fell down dead. 

   O Reader! take a moral from here, you never know, your end may be near.
   Change your living and make amends, for heaven, on your deeds depends. 

Source: http://www.islamicinformation.net/

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