The END

                     

• There was a gardener middle aged man, white blackish hair, white beard, face with quite a smile, very active person indeed of his age. He used to work in society where usually middle class people reside. He never came late to work, never asked for vacation and never asked for raise. He used to do his job ingeniously and diligently. He was very charming and interactive keeping in view the sort of his work. He was perfectionist regarding his job. He never left a single rotten leaf on the trees, shrubs and flowers, never allowed the grass to grow taller than a finger infact never compromised on the beauty of the lawn. He was having a minor medical problem related to his kidney due to which he was having chronic pain. On consultation, truth revealed that surgery was the permanent solution. So, he started to save money from his pay. Despite his condition, he continued to work in pursue of getting money for that surgery. Now all the time during his work or at home he was continually thinking of that day when he would undergo surgery and would be cured.
• My maternal grandfather, aged above 60 years, was my mentor. He taught me how to write even how to wash my hands. He always motivated me to achieve good grades by giving examples. One of his sons, means my uncle, was doctor living abroad. He decided to visit him for the first time in long time. Everyone was so happy.  He met all his friends, relatives and ate out with them before leaving abroad. There was huge gathering at home. It was a kind of festival. Everyone was laughing, hugging and sharing the smiles.  Everything was ready seats, tickets, and luggage. So they set off from their home town for airport in extraordinary mood.
• Hassan Zahid got admission in computer sciences in National University of science and technology (NUST). He was very intelligent and lively kid. He was always enthusiastic about his study.  He was very ambitious and wanted to open his own software company. As he got admitted in one of the best universities in the world, his father was very happy and gifted him a new bike.  He himself was very happy. Once during a speech of two minutes on "accident" he said "I fear of losing my father. I once met an accident since then I am more careful and now I use helmet".
• An old Muslim lady from Norway was planning for years to perform hajj with her son. All the time she was thinking in her mind that how lucky she was that God had chosen her for this pious deed. She was very happy indeed. She boarded for Medina with her son in pursuit of getting blessings from ALLAH.
• Five juniors were planning to hangout. They asked us for suggestions and we told them some restaurant to visit in Lahore. As they came back, time was over 10 pm and it was rule in our college for the students that no one could enter the college after 10 pm. So, they decided to go Gujranwala which is one hour away from Lahore and was a hometown of one of those kids. They stayed there for the night.

Before leaving for the vacation, gardener completed his work and made everyone's lawn look perfect. In one of the houses he planted orange tree and told the owner that we will eat its fruit next year. Finally the day of surgery had arrived. He was a bit nervous but excited and happy. In the operation theater, surgeons were performing surgery under local anesthesia, while suddenly something went wrong, burst of artery may be, led to profuse bleeding and they could not undo it. That was it. It was the end of the life of that noble person.

As they were leaving for the airport in car, suddenly my grandfather started feeling uncomfortable. He came out of the car and started walking but the pain in chest was not at halt at all. We rushed him to nearby hospital which was 10 km away. But was all in vain. Hospital we approached didn't have the best of the facilities. That was it. It was the end of the life of the dearest person to me.

Hassan Zahid, the next day after dropping his father at the job, was going to his university. At the signal, over speeding taxi hit him from the behind despite of all the protective measures he was taking, he met an accident, got injuries which ultimately led to his death.

That old lady, who waited her whole life to visit the holy city, died of stroke in the plane. And the plane had to make an emergency landing in Greece to off load her dead body.

Juniors had to return for the match early morning. They were driving back to Lahore like a flying horse. In that rush, they met a life changing accident; two of them died named M. Nausherwan and Usama bin Arshad.

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Life is uncertain. Death is certain, as told in the Quran Surat 'Āli `Imrān  "Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion"  So, do not desire for death, it will come to you at its own time. 

Have you ever imagined that what is the death rate in the world? Here are some figures

ü  1.8 deaths per second

ü  107 deaths per minute

ü  6,390 deaths per hour

ü  153,000 deaths per day

ü  53 million deaths per year

ü  3.9 billion deaths per average life time

Among all the countries South Africa has the highest mortality rate and among all the reasons cardiovascular events is the leading cause of death in the world. As you are reading these words more than 300 people have died in the world.
But the main point is that we have forgotten that we have to die one day. One of the many solutions to the problems that we face today is that remembrance of the fact that we have to die one day and have to go empty handed from this world. Nothing but our good deeds will save us. Life has an end and it is THE END from where no one can return. So, do not fall for the delusions and be prepared for THE END.   May Allah show us the right path to follow. Amen! 

M. Nausherwan

Usama bin Arshad