1'2. However much it struggles, the Angel [of Death] will
take it away- The girls will then burst into their fierce wailing
206,- The frame [of the cleansing-hu~ will be erected, and
the covering spread on it - The two shaikhs, who are the washers [of the dead body],
will fill a bowl with water
l~. Sandal-wood, and incense, and the [sweetly scente~
smoke, will [all] be burnt for me
17. And when I am put in a shroud made of a sheet of cloth
which will conceal me from sight
IS. Men will set out in the dawn of the morning
l~. And they will say, 'Let us dig [a grav~ here, in this
nearby cemetery'20. After they have dug with fervour, they will break through
[the ground] with the help of everyone
21. Then some of them will be sent to pick up [my] dead body
- And when I am carefully placed in the bier
2~. I shall be laid down alongside the grave and its inner
niche
24. A group of pious ulema will intone the prayer for the
dead
is. And I shall be seized [by a row of men] , and they will
hand over [my dead body] to another row of men2~. Then they will lower me down swiftly into a well-dug
grave- And they will neatly place me in a pit which they have
dug
2S< And they will lay me direction down towards which the I QIBLAH, have chosen the
2~. Soaked clay and stones will cover the surface
30. And earth will be piled on from both sides
3i. Strong men will push in the sand
- ' And a tomb will be shaped and gravel spread on it
33. They will erect a tomb-stone on one side of the grave
- When they pick up their tools as they recite the
FATII:IAII with sincerity