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Greetings to Ustad Saei,
How can we practically attain the meaning of موتوا قبل ان تموتوا and understand death in its true, rather than mystical, sense? We are somewhat familiar with mystical interpretations of this hadith, but is it actually possible to reach this state in practice?
We can come to understand the true meaning of “موتوا قبل ان تموتوا” by loosening our attachment to material things and our love of this world. Through God-consciousness and reflection on the verses of the Quran, we can gain insight into the realms beyond death and experience Paradise and Hell.
Put simply, «موتوا قبل ان تموتوا» means to experience death before life’s appointed end: to detach oneself from the body and the material world before the soul leaves the body. One way to reach this state is to lessen the heart and soul’s attachment to worldly things. To that end, one must part with the love of this world. When worldly love falls away, a higher love takes its place, and the soul’s attachment is drawn away from material things and toward the highest celestial realm.
Through God-consciousness, a person attains such spiritual lightness that they journey through the highest celestial realm. Crossing beyond the boundaries of time and space, they behold the worlds beyond this earthly life: they experience Paradise and Hell, the Resurrection and the gathering of humankind, the reckoning, the weighing of deeds—all with their whole being.
At lower levels, a person may reflect and reason upon God’s signs and come to perceive their allusions and deeper truths. The verses of the Quran, like a magnificent vessel, carry the seeker on a journey through the streets, lanes and squares of the Hereafter.