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Chapter 16 Is Death A Grace? Question: It is said that death is God’s grace, or rahmat. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: Every day is death for man. With every breath we face death. If there is anyone who does not have to face death, he will be Allah. Allah is the only One who does not die with each breath, with each word, and with each deed. A human being (insan) dies with every breath, every word, and every action. He dies repeatedly and wakes up repeatedly. In whatever he does he dies, falls down, and then gets up. That is the state of man. Allah alone does not die; everyone else is dying and being reborn with each breath, word, and action. Man repeatedly does both good and bad, saying good words and bad words, and therefore he faces judgment every moment. The questions in the grave will never finish for him, and he will have to give the answers repeatedly. His life cannot come to completion, because the questions keep coming, and he must answer. Before he answers each question, death overtakes him, time and time again. However, if a man can put an end to his dying, the questions and answers will be over, and he will have attained eternal life (hayat). When a man has eternal life, hell is far removed from him. The one who is eternal is Allah. A person who attains this state will have pushed this world and hell far away from him and will have placed in front of him the power and grace of Allah and the Rasul, Prophet Muhammad. Because of this, he can directly worship the One who is the grace of all the worlds (Rahmatul-‘alamin). This is the state of one who is eternal, but our state is the state of one who is constantly dying. Up to the final day of our death, we die repeatedly because this is the rahmat that Allah has decreed for us. The garland of death is around our neck. Death is wedded to us; it is our wedding garland hung around our neck. However, if we escape from death, we are divorced. The line on our neck is the chain of death, and when we separate ourselves from death, then we are divorced. We have performed talaq; we have cut away our connection to this world (dunya) and the hereafter (akhirah). We must divorce ourselves from three things—earth, gold, and sensual pleasures. That is why in Arabic, on must say three times, “Talaq, talaq, talaq, I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you.” We must free ourselves from our desire for earth, gold, and sensual pleasures and then escape. Otherwise, we have many small deaths, and each time we wake up again. But, if we kill our desires, that will be the great death. If we divorce ourselves from these desires, then we make our own death die. Allah has put all these things to death. What are the ahadith? What is the Qur’an? When we look carefully and study ourselves, then our own history is the Qur’an. Look at Allah, His creations, and His ninety-nine powers (wilayat). The entire story of God is within man in the twenty-eight letters. The entire universe (‘alam) and the world of the souls (arwah) are within man as the 6,666 verses, embodied in the twenty-eight letters. Al-hamdu lillah—praising God in all situations is also born out of these twenty-eight letters. The praise of God exists only within a true human being (insan). This Qur’an, in the form of man, contains the entire grace of God (rahmat). All of everything has been explained within man. Man should look at this Qur’an. God’s words and actions are the ahadith. Man should look within his inner heart (qalb) with wisdom for these ahadith. This is what we should understand completely. Man contains the Qur’an within him. Within that are the ahadith, and within that are the sounds, resonances, and explanations. Then according to the strength of our faith (iman) and wisdom, we will understand and savor those tastes. The ahadith and the Qur’an are within the form of the human being (insan). The form of man is the Qur’an and the grace of God (rahmat) exists as the ahadith. God communicates directly with wisdom saying, “Ya Rasul.” Allah speaks directly with a man of wisdom. This is the ahadith. We should reflect on this. Al-hamdu lillah. All praise is to God. April 15, 1985. Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa. To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life. Philadelphia: The Fellowship Press, 1997. pg. 151-153.
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