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Messenger of death - Muslimah - 02-24-2012
Bismillah
as salam alykom,
I received this very insightful email and felt to share it over here:
It was said in old legends that a man once befriended the angel of death. Whenever he would come, the man would ask him: `Have you come to visit [me] or to take [me]?' – and the angel would reply: `I've come to visit.'
One day, the man said to the angel of death: `I ask you in the name of our friendship that you send me a messenger when my time comes; one that informs me that you are coming to take my soul.' – so the angel said: `You shall have that…'
Then, the angel came down one day upon the man, so he said to him: `You are coming to visit, yes?' He said: `No, rather to take.'
He said: `But your messenger never came to me?!'
He said: `Rather, he did…
1. Your back hunching after it was upright;
2. your hair whitening after being black;
3. your voice wavering after it was bold;
4. your weakness replacing your strength;
5. your vision blurring after it was sharp;
6. your despairing after your hopes,
7. and also in those that died before you...'
`You requested one messenger, and I sent you a number of messengers, so how can you blame me?'
How many messengers reached you until now?