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All he does is that he makes the testimony or request of a noble
person an excuse for declaring the forgiveness. The purpose of this
exercise is to recognise and honour his beloved and noble servants.
Salvation is granted only in accordance with the laws of the Almighty.
Who knows this better than you that even if a person is not sent to Hell,
he still has to pay penance for his sins in the shape of the extreme
hardship and suffering in the Plane of Judgement?”
“Is there still a possibility of being forgiven even after one goes to
Hell?” Alia asked.
Silence ensued until Saleh replied, “Does not the Qur’an state that
the Almighty shall never forgive associating partners with him but other
than that, he may forgive any sin and any person, if he wishes to do
so”?
“Meaning thereby?” Anwar asked for further explanation.
“It means that there are certain sins that can take a person all the
way to Hell. However, those who had even an iota of faith within them
may still be pardoned eventually despite committing these sins.
However, no one has the knowledge or ability to decide who these
people are and when they will be pardoned.
My friend! Hell is not a place worth living in even for a moment.
Nobody knows how long it will take before such people are eventually
allowed to come out of it after having completed their punishment. This
period may be so long that even billions and trillions of years may equal
just a few seconds of it. It is better to not even think about it!”
“Oh my God!” Anwar cried out.
“What to talk of Hell, even spending a moment in the Plane of
Judgement is unbearable”, said Jamshaid, in the light of his experience.
Leila added, “These sins are such a huge calamity. If only we had
understood this in the previous world!”
Saleh concluded the discussion by adding, “There have always been
two great misfortunes of the mankind. Firstly, the principle theme of
the Day of Judgement was accountability, but people changed it to
intercession. Secondly, the pivotal position in the life of human beings
was that of God, the most merciful Lord of the entire Universe.
However, the human beings assigned this pivotal position to others”.
Agreeing with Saleh, I commented, “You gave such an absolutely
true statement, Saleh! I wish people had realised this in the previous
world!”
I then addressed my children:
“My children! Life of the previous world is now a tale from the past.
Now your destination is a never-ending kingdom in the Paradise. Get
ready to enjoy its peace, comfort, ease, love, blessings, enjoyment, and
gratification… all of them are yours. See! How beneficent and generous
is our Lord. Let us praise him together and recite the words,
‘Al-
Hamdulillahi Rabbil-Aalamin -
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds’
.
All of us joined in to recite these words, as a loud chant.
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After a while, Saleh said to me:
“Abdullah! The events in the Plane of Judgement are about to reach
their culmination. If you are still interested, now is the time to go back”.
“How far is the accountability process from its conclusion”? Naimah
enquired.
“Most of the mankind was born in the later eras. They have all been
through the process of accountability. Muslims, Christians, and others
living in the same period, have gone through the general accountability
process. Presently, Jews are going through it. In a nutshell, the destiny
of the majority of the mankind has now been decided. The followers of
other prophets were much less in numbers anyway, so it won’t take
long now.” Saleh replied.
“Do you know what happened to my teacher, Farhan Ahmed?” I
asked.
“No, I don’t know, as I do not have anything to do with him directly.
All I can tell you is that he is not here at the Kauthar. Only God knows
about his outcome. I think it may be better if you get up and go to the
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