"Our heart beats approximately 67 times a minute; every time it wants to beat, it asks Allah, "Am I permitted to beat?" If Allah says yes, it beats and, if He says no then the life ends." Khurum Murad (Islamic Scholar)
posted by Desert Rose at 1:53 AM
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The angel of death visits each and every person FIVE times a day, waiting. Waiting for the permission of Allah (swt) to grab that soul and when he doesn't receive it, he leaves only to come back again.
And finally when he does come and gets permission, if its a disbelieveing soul or a soul that does not recognize the existence of God, he comes in the ugliest form, with a nasty smell and with flames coming out of all hairs on his body.
And the dying person sees the angel of death coming and it was mentioned by Prophet Ibrahim (as) that upon his insistence on seeing this form, he couldn't take the sight and fainted. After gaining consciousness, Prophet Ibrahim described that it was punishment enough just to look at angel of death in its ugly form.
thats a nice quote... its not metaphorical though: islamically, we believe that before any action can be performed, permission is asked from Allah , not symbolically but in actuality. And sometimes Allah grants permission, and other times He doesn't... which is why when Ibrahim put the knife to His son's throat it wouldn't cut - a knife doesn't have the intrinsic quality of cutting; rather, Allah has placed that ability in it, and before it can perform its function it must seek permission from its Creator. Of course, in this case, permission wasn't granted, and though Ibrahim (as) moved the knife over Ismael's throat, the knife did not cut...
this reminded me of something Mokhtar Maghraoui was saying. How as you begin to reach a state of spiritual ihsan, you begin to even sense your heart beating in dhikr of Allah. You reach a heightened awareness and you begin to sense every atom in praise and submission of Allah. not his exact words, but basically...
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