هَلْ تُحِسُّ بِهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ مَنْزِلاً؟
Do you feel it when the Angel of Death enters a house,
أَمْ هَلْ تَرَاهُ إِذَا تَوَفَّى أَحَداً؟
or do you see him when he takes out life of anyone?
بَلْ كَيْفَ يَتَوَفَّى الْجَنِينَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ؟!
How does he take out the life of an embryo in the womb of his mother?
أَيَلِجُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعْضِ جَوَارِحِهَا؟
Does he reach it through any part of her body
أَمِ الرُّوحُ أَجَابَتْهُ بَإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا؟
or the spirit responded to his call with the permission of Allah?
أَمْ هُوَ سَاكِنٌ مَعَهُ فِي أَحْشَائِهَا؟
Or does he stay with him in the mother's interior?
كَيْفَ يَصِفُ إِلهَهُ مَنْ يَعْجَزُ عَنْ صِفَةِ مَخْلُوق مِثْلِهِ؟!
How can he who is unable to describe a creature like this, describe Allah?
Alternative Sources for Sermon 112: Al-Wasiti, ‘Uyun al-hikam, see al-Majlisi, Bihar, vol.77, p. 430.
