LETTER OF CONDOLENCE

My Dear Qamar,

I have just heard of your terrible loss and hasten to offer you my sincerest sympathies in your great bereavement. At such a time it seems in vain to express one’s feelings because these are altogether too overwhelming. You may derive a tiney grain of solace and strength by knowing that there are your friends all over the country who share your profoundest feelings of sorrow. Believe me, all of us here are deeply grieved. This world is a valley of sorrows, and you can derive some comfort from the fact that your mother has been relieved of the acute chronic pain in her body because she has now shuffled off her mortal cloak, and begun journey anew. After all, what is life and death. It is just like changing clothes from one set to another. Please forgive me if my letter expresses my sorrow poorly. Much is meant here than meets the eye.

Yours sincerely,

Riyaz Qadeer.