Imam Muzani (R.A) narrates: I visited Hazrat Imam Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) during his final illness (Maradh al-Wafat) and asked him, "How did you find yourself this morning?" He replied, "Today I am departing from this world, leaving my friends behind, drinking the cup of death, meeting my bad deeds, and appearing before Allah. I do not know whether my soul will enter Paradise so that I may welcome it, or be thrown into Hell so that I may grieve over it." Then he wept and recited these verses: ولما قسا قلبى وضاقت مذاھبی فعلت الرَّجا منی لعفوک سُلَّما تعـاظـمنی ذنبـی فلمــا قرنتـه بعفوک ربی کان عفُوک أعظما فما زلتَ ذاعفوٍ عن الذنب لم تزک تجـود وتعفــو مـنَّتهَّ وتــکـرُّمــا ولو لا لم یغوی بابلیس عابد فکیف وقد أغوی صفیک آدما (۲۵) Translation: 1. When my heart became hardened and paths became narrow, I made the hope of Your forgiveness a ladder. 2. My sins seem huge to me, but when I compared them with Your forgiveness, I found Your forgiveness to be much greater. 3. Thus, I continuously sought forgiveness for my sins, and You kept showing mercy, and You kept forgiving out of kindness and honor. 4. If it were not for Your grace, no pious person could escape Satan; and how could it be otherwise, when he even beguiled Hazrat Adam, the chosen one of Allah? Advice: O my brothers! Hasten to repent for your sins, follow the footsteps of those who repent, and walk upon the paths of those who achieved the stations of repentance and forgiveness. Put your souls into the pleasure of the Almighty. If only you could see those fearful hearts in the darkness of the nights, engaged in the worship of God and reciting the Book of their Lord, who have placed their foreheads on the ground and laid open their needs before Him—the One Who sees everyone but cannot be seen. (25) Diwan Imam Shafi'i p. 78, Sifatu-Safwah 2/386. ------------------------------------------------------- Book: Aanso'on ka Samandar (Page No. 66-67) Author: Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) Translation: Maulana Mufti Imdad Ullah Anwar Sahib Narrator: Islamic Tube Pro App