Hi everybody! I'm researching a Medieval Islamic tombstone for one of my courses and I can't figure out where some of the text on the tombstone is coming from. I'm not very familiar with the Qur'an yet so I'm not sure if it's coming from there and Google hasn't been very helpful. Any help figuring out the origin of this would be appreciated!
Behold with your own eyes: is anything on earth everlasting? Does anything ward off death or cast spells on it? Death seized me from a palace, and alas, no barriers or latches could save me. My deeds are my evidence, and they shall be counted. Only what I have abandoned behind, remains. O you who look upon this sepulchre, know that I am already wasted inside it. Dust weights my sight and my eyelids. On this couch, in my abode of misfortune, there are only tears. Be this my admonition to you in the presence of my Creator. O my brother, fill your spirit with wisdom and repentance.
From Majmuna's Tombstone, 569 AH, Gozo (Malta).
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