Sufis call the smaller will Qadr, the greater Will Qaza. They attribute the greater Will to God, and the smaller will to man. It is the smaller will which becomes feeble, and the greater Will reflects its command upon it. It is this command which the smaller will, unconsciously, accepts. On the surface a person may still want to live, but in the depth of his will he has resigned himself to die. If he had not resigned himself he would not die. He has resigned himself to death before his life is taken away from him.