And death is higher than killing,

and the discourse is terrifying.

Death here is our Master, the Commander of the Believers (from him is mercy), and Killing is the Master Mim (for his mention is glorification). Therefore, Death was higher than Killing in this manner because he is its Meaning. He (from him is mercy) used to name himself during war, saying: I am Death. And Allah the Exalted said: {And you had certainly wished for death before you met it; now you have seen it while you were looking on} (Al Imran 143).

My Sheikh (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned to me that he wanted to explain this poem in its entirety, but the manuscript from which he was copying was found torn due to its great age, except for what we have provided and explained here.