"The wisdom of Allah subhanahu wa ta'Ala in giving people sickness and giving people death: if we were kafirs, death would be the ultimate tragedy because it would be the end of the line - but the mu'min knows that death is the beginning: it's a door that people pass through…and whats on the other side of that door is according to Allah subhanahu wa ta'Ala's generosity and according to the works of the person…works are recompensed according to the last work that one was doing…these are mu'mineen people who had a relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'Ala…And Allah subhanahu wa ta'Ala took their lives in the best way and in an absolutely painless way…they woke up and they went to sleep and then when they woke up they were with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala without any pain or feeling of having experienced death, and this is an honour from Allah, because He loved them."

Photo: Snowberries (Autumn '07)