By Allah! It is as if my side is being collected in a box, breathing through the tip of the needle, and as if my feet are being pulled to my head with a branch of thorns.

—’Amr b. ‘As describing death as he was dying

Jami’u al-‘Uloomi wal-‘Hikam, p. 449

(Read on pg 57, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004.)