وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «قِيلَ لِمَلَكِ اَلْمَوْتِ عليه السلام، كَيْفَ تَقْبِضُ اَلْأَرْوَاحَ وَ بَعْضُهَا فِي اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَ بَعْضُهَا فِي اَلْمَشْرِقِ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَقَالَ أَدْعُوهَا فَتُجِيبُنِي» قَالَ «فَقَالَ مَلَكُ اَلْمَوْتِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ اَلدُّنْيَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ كَالْقَصْعَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَحَدِكُمْ يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَ وَ اَلدُّنْيَا عِنْدِي كَالدِّرْهَمِ فِي كَفِّ أَحَدِكُمْ يُقَلِّبُهُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "It was said to the Angel of Death (a.s), 'How do you seize souls while some are in the west and others in the east at the same moment?' He said: 'I summon them, and they respond to me.' Imam (a.s) said: “Then, The Angel of Death, said: 'The world is like a bowl in front of me from which I take as I please, and the world is like a coin in the palm of one of you, which you turn as you wish.'