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“The way to Paradise goes from underneath the Throne and then it
turns right.”
“But why do we have to go under the Throne? Why can we not turn
right straight away?” I asked.
Saleh smiled and replied:
“You want to know everything before its time. Anyway, let me tell
you the reason for it. Every human being will attain the final cleansing,
or “Tazkiyah”,
“But we used to do Tazkiyah in the previous world.”
after passing under the Throne.”
“As you know, Tazkiyah was the purpose of every act of religion in
the previous world. The main objective of religion was to purify the
human soul. It was expected of a believer to keep his body clean and
consume only clean and appropriate food. Through worship, he kept his
soul purified, and by following the injunctions of the religion, he kept
his society, economy, and morality clean and pure. Satanic suggestions,
carnal desires, and animal instincts were unclean influences that a true
believer in God endeavoured to avoid in order to keep his inner self
cleansed. All of them were the attempts of the faithful at purifying
themselves in the previous world. The Almighty has rewarded those
efforts today by granting such people entry into his pure and clean
Paradise. However, God will purify the believers himself before they
enter his Paradise. Once this happens, their souls, bodies and morals
will be washed of every impurity.”
“What do you mean?”
“What I mean is that your physical body containing blood, unclean
secretions, odours and other undesirable matter will now be filled with
Nur. Thereafter, you will not emit unpleasant odour, pungent
perspiration, or faeces. Your breath will exude fragrance. The only
secretion exiting your body will be fragrant sweat. No secretions will
excrete from your ears, nose, eyes, mouth, or any other orifice.
Likewise, all negative emotions such as jealousy, arrogance, spite,
lust, hatred, prejudice etc. will disappear from your heart. Your
thoughts, vision, body, and soul will all be purified.”
I spoke ecstatically:
“Praise be to God! It will be real fun to live such a life!”
“In addition, your faculties and powers will increase
extraordinarily. You will need neither sleep nor rest. You will not get
tired or fatigued; nor will you ever get bored or weary. You will
not suffer from depression or stress. You will eat and drink to your
heart’s content, without suffering any indigestion or the need to pass
any excretions. You will have an enormous reservoir of strength. You
will always remain healthy and young. Above all, you will become
exceptionally good looking and handsome. This is only an account of
some of the internal capabilities and gifts from the Almighty, the
external blessings and awards are yet to be revealed.”
“Will that be the case for everyone?”
“Indeed. However, the power, beauty, and ability will be directly
proportional to one’s deeds.”
I exclaimed spontaneously:
“Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds”.
We had reached very close to the Throne while talking. Saleh said:
“Abdullah, I am going to leave you now. When you enter here, you
will emerge at the entrance of Paradise. I will meet you there along with
the gatekeeper of Paradise. Move forward confidently.”
Saleh departed having said so.
I stood there pondering for a moment. Suddenly, a door opened in
front of me. A voice said:
“O content soul; come back to your Lord, well pleased, well
pleasing. And join my righteous servants, and enter my Paradise.”
Encouraged by these words, I entered the door. The following
Arabic words involuntarily came to my lips:
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