East and another in the West at the very same moment, what do you do in this situation?

The angel of death replied, “By the command of Allah, I summon souls, and they come between two fingers of mine.”^[1]

On another occasion, Prophet Yaʿqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم asked, “Do you take the soul of every living thing?”

“Yes”, replied the angel.

“Yet, you are with me this very second”, Yaʿqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم declared, “Whilst people are spread across the entire globe.”

The angel explained:

Allah has placed the world under my authority. It is before me just as a tray is before you from which you take whatever you wish. Similarly, I take souls from across the world in this way from wherever I wish.”^[2]

اللہ! اللہ Dear Islamic brothers! We learn from this that the angel of death always sees the entire world in front of him regardless of where he is. If angels can have this strength, who then can imagine the strength and rank possessed by the master of angels, the beloved of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!

When the angel of death met Allah’s Messenger

The Proof of Islam, Imam Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  writes:

When the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم journeyed through the heavens on the night of Miraj, he saw an angel sitting on the