A text used to be published every morning, but because time had to be set aside for certain tasks, an effort…

A text used to be published every morning, but because time had to be set aside for certain tasks, an effort was made to save the minutes spent on these texts; today, however, a thought came, and asking Allah for help, I set about writing. They say: die before death comes. This means: be ready for death before death comes – increase your good deeds and stop your bad deeds. Its spiritual (irfani) meaning is: if you have set out on the path of the Most High Truth, accept the hardships that come on this path like a dead man, do not cry out and lament. The dead are buried. Having placed him in the grave, friends and foes alike throw earth and go back. Even the most beloved person cannot be buried in the grave with you. And the dead person, it seems, should feel the same: knowing that his children, friends and companions are leaving silently, perhaps without suffering at all from the parting, can the dead man raise his head from the grave and say, “Don't go”? Or can he take hold of someone's hem? Of course not. If you die before death, if you enter the grave before entering it, whoever abandons you, you will be like that. That's it. The end. Do not grieve. The one who left has laid you in the grave. Now he will not come back. He will never think of opening the grave and reviving you. Just as the dead do not reproach those who buried them, do not reproach those who have left either. Leave the living to themselves. Wait for your own reckoning... Be content with those who have left. You have seen life, how full of anguish it is – do not wish these torments on anyone. You know that sinners are many – wish that those who left become not sinners but people of reward. You know that the world is brimming over with the heedless – wish that those who left become wakeful. You know that in the world the friends of Satan are countless – may those who left be granted the friendship of Allah! If they left because of the sin in you, rejoice – what pure people they are! If, in your view, they are mistaken, then why grieve?! Is their only fault that they left you? To which court do you intend to drag them for this fault? Astaghfirullah! Even if they did not leave with an open face, you remain with an open face. Even if they did not leave with sweet words, you speak sweet words. The world is no place for such enmity, and life was not given to be squandered on such griefs. O my dear ones! May your hearts be wide, your minds at peace, good deeds your friends, and your happiness complete and flawless! You made the most correct choice. You did the most correct thing. You deserve the best. I entrust you to Allah!

Akrom MALIK