bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that you may understand. (2:73) Allah
gives life and causes death, and Allah sees whatever you do. (3:156) Say: O people! Surely I
am the Messenger of Allah to you all, [the Messenger] of Him to Whom the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth belongs; there is no god but He; He brings (beings/things) to life and
causes death; therefore, believe in Allah and in His Messenger, the ummi Prophet who
believes in Allah and in His words, and follow him, so that you may walk in the right
way" (Qura'n, 7:158). Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; besides Allah you
have no guardian nor helper. (2:107) He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be
brought back. (10:56) He it is Who gives life and causes death, and in His (control) is the
alternation of the night and the day; do you not then understand? (3:80) He brings forth the
living from the dead and the dead from the living and gives life to the earth after its death;
thus shall you be brought forth. (30:19) One of His signs is that He shows you the lightning
for fear and for hope and sends down water from the clouds, then He gives life therewith to a
land after its death (barrenness); most surely there are signs in this for people who
understand" (Qura'n, 30:24). He it is Who gives life and causes death; so, when He decrees an
affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is. (40:68) Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But
Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things. (42:9)
There is no god but He; it is He Who gives life and causes death, the Lord and Cherisher of
yourselves and of your earlier ancestors. (44:8)
A believer ought to adorn his conduct by remembering this Attribute quite often so that Allah
may bring light into his heart through knowledge. His soul will then glow with the mysteries
of manifestation. He should particularly remember Him as such in the depth of the night.
- "Al-Mumeet"
Allah has said, "He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep, and He it is Who
causes death and gives life" (Qura'n, 53:43-44).
Death is the antithesis of life. A wind dies when it stands still. A human dies when he sleeps;
sleep is called death by way of analogy: it causes the faculties of reason and almost all other
bodily movements to stop. The mawt is the land which was never tilled. One whose heart dies
is dumb, stupid, idiotic, the warmth of his reason cooled down and died out.
Al-Mumeet, the Almighty, decrees death for whomsoever He pleases; none causes death
except He. He has subdued His servants by death, causing them to go back to the earth from
which He had created them and to be covered with dust...
Al-Mumeet has caused the heart of sinners to die because of going against His will. He is the
Creator of death. He has caused the tyrants to die out of His mercy for the living. He causes
the oppressors to die on account of their disrespect for Him. He causes the land to die,