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standing to the right of the Divine Throne. All of us, under the
leadership of Abu-Bakr, the Truthful, stood behind.
In front of us, as far as the eyes could see, was a sea of human
beings. Every one of them appeared worried and looked ill. They were
standing with their heads bowed. Their faces were dark with fear. In
the surroundings, apart from a faint whisper, no voice could be heard.
This was the nation of Prophet Noah, who in fact were people born to
his children.
In a little while, a loud voice was heard:
“The witnesses of Noah be presented in the Court.”
I expected that Abu-Bakr, May God be pleased with him, would
move forward and say something. However, at this juncture, I saw that
the last Prophet came forward and stood in front of the Throne.
A voice was heard, “Speak O' Muhammad! What do you want to
say?”
The Prophet
PBUH
“My Lord, you gave me prophethood and revealed your Book upon
me. In that Book, you informed me that Prophet Noah had also brought
with him the same religion that you endowed me with, which was
based on a belief in the Oneness of God. I bore witness upon the
same righteous religion and passed it on to my nation. Now these
people are present here in front of you to bear witness that they took
this righteous religion from me and passed it on to the children of Noah
without any addition or omission.”
spoke in the presence of the One and only:
The Almighty said: “You have spoken the truth. Present your
followers.”
“On this, Abu-Bakr, the Truthful took a few steps forward and stood
next to Prophet Noah
PBUH
A voice was heard: “Who are you?”
. All of us also moved forward and stood
behind him.
Abu-Bakr, May God be pleased with him, introduced himself and
then introduced each of us by stating our names and the time periods
we lived in. He stated that we were all from the nation of Prophet
Muhammad. He said that the final Prophet bore witness of the true
religion upon us and told us that Prophet Noah had also brought the
same religion with him. He further stated that we then took this religion
of Prophets Noah
PBUH
and Muhammad
PBUH
After this evidence, there was no excuse left for the nation of
Prophet Noah. It was apparent that the religion of Prophet Noah was
the same as that of Prophet Muhammad and that his followers had
delivered this religion to the rest of the world. Now the accountability
of the nation of Prophet Noah was to take place in the light of this
evidence.
to all the nations of the
world. We also took this truth to those who were present in front of the
Almighty, as the nation of Prophet Noah.
We had completed our task; hence, we embarked on our return
journey.
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Our group was moving along on the way to the pond of Kauthar.
This time the leader of our small convoy was the final Prophet himself.
Accompanied by angels, we were passing through the Plane of
Judgement, heading towards Kauthar. I stayed at the rear of this group,
afraid of embarrassing myself. Suddenly someone put a hand on my
shoulder and said:
“And where were you trying to run away, my friend?”
I looked back and saw Saleh, who was smiling. I remained silent,
feeling embarrassed. He spoke laughingly:
“Praise the Lord that the leader of the group was Abu-Bakr, the
Truthful. If Umar was in his place, he would have given you at least a
few lashes as punishment!”
I also started to laugh. After a pause, I said:
“In fact, it is not about Abu-Bakr or Umar, May God be pleased with
them. The honourable Umar would have done the same. The reason is
that the one who arranged it all is the same. That is my merciful God,
who has concealed my sins throughout my life.”
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