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severely. It is for this very reason that all other creations had refused to
assume the burden of decision making and power in the world so as to
avoid this very stringent test of reward and punishment today.”
“If ordinary people have to face such severe hardships, I
cannot visualise what would be happening to those who had power and
decision making status on behalf of the people.”
I was thinking about the corrupt rulers and dishonest public
servants when I made this comment.
“Do you want to see what is happening to them?” Saleh asked.
I nodded. Saleh spoke as he started to move in a different direction:
“Until now, we were in an area for holding people who have yet to
undergo accountability. The case of the people you have referred to is
similar to those who were foremost in submission to the truth; the
latter are currently standing beneath the Throne, surrounded by the
rewards of God, and will not face any accountability apart from the
mere formality of the announcement of their success. Likewise but
conversely, Hell has been decided due to their bad deeds for some
unfortunate souls. We are heading in their direction now.”
As we progressed, the intensity and severity of the heat continued
to increase rapidly. I realised it when I noticed an increase in the
quantity of sweat dripping from the people. Sweat was not coming out
in drops. It was streaming down. However, the ground was
scorching hot and as soon as the drops of sweat touched it, they
evaporated. Due to thirst, the lips of these people were protruding out.
They were gasping as if a camel parched with excessive thirst, but to
find any water here was out of question!
Terror was predominant on their faces, more so than the signs of
distress. The reason for the terror also became apparent soon.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd. People started
running helter-skelter. When the crowd dispersed, I saw two angels
running after a person. They were similar to those we had come across
while going to the Throne earlier. One had a whip of fire and the other’s
whip had nails on it.
Their target was trying his best to save himself. But the angels
would not leave his side. It soon became apparent that the angels were
deliberately trying to tire him out. They would come near him and whip
him once and say, “O ruler, get up and take a walk in your country”. As
soon as the whip hit him, he would fall down, scream and cry in pain,
get up and start running again. The angels would also repeat their act.
It did not take me long to recognise the person. Saleh also
introduced him:
“He was the head of state of your country.”
In a short while, the head of state had been run down again after
being beaten by whips of fire and nails. Thereafter, the angels started
tying him with a long chain glowing like red ambers from being heated
up in fire. The head of state was helplessly moaning and pleading for
mercy, but it seemed that these angels did not know the meaning of the
word. They kept doing their job mercilessly. When his entire body had
been chained, other angels arrived.
The first team said to them:
“We have captured the head of state. You now need to go
and round up all his supporters, lackeys, courtiers, and friends who
were party to this ill-fated man’s cruelty and corruption.”
Consequently, there was a similar chaos again in the crowd, with
people running, fighting and being beaten up.
In a short while, a large group had been assembled that included
ministers, advisers, bureaucrats, relatives, rural landlords, industrialists,
and all types of un-savoury characters. The angels grabbed them by
their hair and started dragging them with their faces on the ground.
When they passed by us we could smell their skins burning.
As I started to feel sick from it, Saleh immediately put his hand on
my back which made the sickening odour disappear, allowing me to
breathe fresh air again. They dragged them on and took them further
away to the left. I kept staring at the patches of blood and lines drawn
out on the ground by their bodies that were left behind.
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