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3. Recitation Of Qur’an At The Time Of Death

Since an incident about the terminal illness of Mirza Muhammad Mahallati was mentioned before, I would like to narrate the story about his death as well.

The Late Haji Mirza Ismail Kazerooni used to say that Mirza Mahallati started reciting the last verses of Surah Hashr in the agony of his death, till he was in the middle of the verse:

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ

"He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King, the Holy, the Giver of peace, the Granter of security..." (Surah Hashr 59:23).

True success and good fortune is only that in the last moments of one’s life ones tongue and heart should be engrossed in remembrance of the Almighty and that death should arrive in this condition and it is the sincere wish of all believers:

وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

"...and for that let the aspirers aspire." (Surah Mutafaffifeen 83:26).

May Allah make us die on righteousness for the sake of Muhammad and his purified progeny.