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of my first reward at the start of my life in Barzakh. The reward was an
audience with the Master of Earth and Skies! He also informed me that
this honour was granted to only a select few. I cherished this news even
more than the glad tidings of entering the paradise.
Hence, my journey began in the company of these angels. This was
a new world. Over there, the meanings of distances, places, time, and
space altered in such a manner that it is impossible to explain them in
words. I was in a state of euphoria and trance on this journey, when
suddenly, we were ordered to stop. It was announced that the angels of
Earth had now reached their limit and must halt. Only Saleh was
allowed to accompany me from there onwards. The journey into the
unseen skies began. Soon, we stopped again. I was informed that
Archangel Gabriel, the Trustworthy had specially come to welcome me.
On seeing me, he said:
“Abdullah! You are meeting me for the first time, but I have met
you many times previously.”
As he lightly tapped on my shoulder, he spoke again:
“On the orders of my Master, I helped you many a times but you
were not aware of it.”
On hearing the word Master, my face became alight with
excitement. The spiritual being of Archangel Gabriel sensed this even
before I had a chance to put my feelings into words. He said:
“Come on, then! I shall take you to meet your Lord. Apart from
prophets, the privilege of attending the court of the One and the only
God is reserved for very few human beings. You are indeed, very
fortunate!”
As we proceeded forward, a question came into my mind; I felt that
it was appropriate to ask Archangel Gabriel
PBUH
“Are we going towards ‘
Sidrah tul-Muntaha’
, the limit which no
creation can pass?”
about it. So I said:
“No…” He replied, and then clarified further:
“You are probably thinking about Mi’raj; that is the path of the
prophets. The places where the prophets are presented for
attendance are supreme. They are also allowed to witness places and
events in the Universe that others are not allowed to see. Your path is
totally different. The reason you have been called for is to grant you the
honour of prostrating in the Court of the Almighty. Probably, it is
because of you that Saleh has also been granted permission to come so
far.”
I looked back at Saleh; his face was glowing with joy. Gabriel
PBUH
“God is boundless. His abodes are countless. In your world, these
abodes cannot even be imagined. Whatever knowledge you had on
Earth was very little and limited. Now, after death, your eyes have truly
opened. You can now see a world, whose enchantments know no
bounds.”
continued his conversation:
What I was observing was a testament to the truthfulness of
Archangel Gabriel. I thought to myself, it is a great blessing of God that
I did not die in a state of disobedience and rejection of the ultimate
truth about him. Otherwise, I would have had to see an awful and
horrifying scene on waking up after death.
Accompanied by Archangel Gabriel, we passed through various
stages and approached the Bearers of God’s Throne in the
Empyrean
*(Arsh)
“Every command from the Court of the Almighty descends through
these angels and every act of the creatures below is presented to the
Almighty via them.”
. Here was a beautiful and subtle blend of Nur, colour
and light, the description of which was beyond the realm of words. The
heads of the bearers were bowed. Their faces
displayed
an air of fear as
well as a light of serenity. Archangel Gabriel explained:
I was watching them with envy in this unique place of closeness to
God. They also looked up at me and for an instance, a smile appeared
on their lips. This gave me more courage. I took a few steps towards the
empyrean. Every pore of my body began to sing praise for the One,
whom, I had yearned to meet my entire life.
I do not know why but I began to tremble as I walked forward. The
realisation of God’s greatness overcame the intense desire of meeting
him. At that instant, I felt so over whelmed by his grandeur that I
started to retreat in fear. The Throne was still quite far but the
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