On his return from one of the battles in which he achieved a great victory, and when he arrived in his kingdom, Alexander the Great became ill and was bedridden for many months. And when the death of the king who owned the east and west of the earth came, and its nails sprouted, Alexander realized that his victories, his mighty army, his sharp sword, and all that he possessed would be lost and no more would remain with him than what remained.

At that time, he gathered his entourage and those closest to him, and called his beloved army commander to his heart, and said to him (I will leave this world soon, and I have three wishes that I ask you to fulfill for me without any shortcoming). The commander approached him with tears in his eyes, and he bent down to hear his master's last commandment. The king said (My first commandment: that my coffin be carried at burial only by my doctors and no one but my doctors, and the second commandment: that it be scattered on the road, from the place of my death to the cemetery, pieces of gold, silver and precious stones that I have collected throughout my life, and the last commandment: When you raise me on the coffin, They took my hand out of the shroud and kept it hanging out open.)

When the king finished his will, the commander kissed his hands and put them to his chest, then said, (Your wills will be in progress and without any prejudice, but will you tell me, sir, about the meaning behind these three wishes?) The king took a deep breath and replied, "I want to give the world a lesson that has not I understand it only now, but with regard to the first commandment, I wanted people to know that death, if it comes, does not help in its response, even the doctors we rush to if something bad happens to us, and that health and age are a wealth that no human gives them.)

As for the second commandment, so that people know that all the time we spent collecting money is nothing but wasted, and that we will not take with us even crumbs of gold.
As for the third commandment, so that people know that we came to this world empty-handed and we will leave it empty-handed as well.

One of the last words of the king before his death was: He ordered that no memorial be built on his grave, rather he requested that his grave be normal, only that his hands appear outward so that if someone passes by his grave, he can see how the one who ruled the East and the West... came out of the world empty-handed.