LessonsRemembering Allah, Unity, and Reflection (Hadith 63-69)Quiz

تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمَوْتُ (Bayhaqi)
Translation: Death is a gift for the believer.

تُحْفَةُ — a gift; الْمُؤْمِنِ — the believer; الْمَوْتُ — death.

Brief grammar: تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ is an iḍāfah construction, “the believer’s gift.” الْمَوْتُ is the predicate of the nominal sentence: “the believer’s gift is death.”

The report directs attention to the believer’s hope in Allah’s mercy and the life to come. This world is a place of responsibility; the Hereafter is awaited with hope in Allah’s grace. Remembering death should inspire preparation and worthy living, not rejection of life.

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63 — Death and the believer’s Hereafter

Remembering Allah, Unity, and Reflection (Hadith 63-69)

تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمَوْتُ (Bayhaqi)
Translation: Death is a gift for the believer.

تُحْفَةُ — a gift; الْمُؤْمِنِ — the believer; الْمَوْتُ — death.

Brief grammar: تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ is an iḍāfah construction, “the believer’s gift.” الْمَوْتُ is the predicate of the nominal sentence: “the believer’s gift is death.”

The report directs attention to the believer’s hope in Allah’s mercy and the life to come. This world is a place of responsibility; the Hereafter is awaited with hope in Allah’s grace. Remembering death should inspire preparation and worthy living, not rejection of life.