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verdict is that you will burn in eternal Hell and you shall live through
that torture forever. You are cursed! You have to face endless pain.”
As soon as the verdict was finalised, the angels pounced on him
and, thrashing him mercilessly, dragged him to Hell.
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When I saw the next person who was presented for accountability,
I felt miserable. It was no one else but Aasmah, Leila’s friend. She was in
a state even worse than what I had seen her in, the last time. She was
presented to the Lord.
First question was asked:
“Did you pray five times a day?”
Aasmah stood, silent.
She was asked again:
“Were you paralysed? Did you not believe in God? Did you think
you were God? Did you have no time for me? Or was it someone else
besides me who had bestowed worldly blessings on you?”
Aasmah could not find any words to say in her defence.
An angel replied instead of her:
“Lord, she used to say: God does not need our prayers.”
“She was correct. By now, she would have understood that I did not
need her worship. She was the one who needed her prayers. Prayer is
the key to Paradise. How can anyone enter Paradise without it?”
Thereafter, Aasmah was asked a few more questions. How did she
spend her life? How did she spend her youth? How did she earn money
and where did she spend it? How much knowledge did she acquire and
how much of it she actually put in practice? Questions about obligatory
charity, helping other people, Fasting, Hajj etc., and other questions
were asked one by one. However, these questions only increased her
misery and humiliation.
At last, Aasmah started to wail loudly.
She said:
“My Lord, I was oblivious to this day. I spent my entire life like an
animal. I spent my days in pursuit of money, fashion, friendships,
worldly relations, and enjoyment. I had forgotten about this Day of
Judgement and your might. My Lord, please forgive me. Send me back
to Earth once again. I will spend my whole life in praying and praising
you. I will never disobey your commands! Please grant me one more
chance.”
“If I send you back once more, you will still do the same deeds as
you did the first time. Even if I grant you one more chance, your
behaviour will not change. I had conveyed my message to you but your
eyes were closed. You had become blind. That is why you shall be
thrown in the dark chasm of Hell. There is neither forgiveness, nor a
second chance for you!”
Aasmah faced the same horrible fate as meted out to other
criminals prior to her.
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Having witnessed Aasmah’s fate, I became extremely disturbed.
Subconsciously, I was afraid that if the same horrible punishment was
awarded to my son Jamshaid, perhaps I would not be able to witness it.
I said to Saleh, “I do not have the strength to stay here anymore.
Please take me away.”
Saleh understood my condition. Without a word, he held my hand
and started moving in a certain direction.
All along the way, we saw horrible scenes. There were people who
were in the last stages of extreme suffering after being exposed to the
severest hardships in the Plane of Judgement for innumerable
centuries. People who had possessed all sorts of abilities in various
fields were moving around in a pitiable condition. They included the
wealthy, the powerful, the influential, the intelligent, the beautiful, and
people who had authority in the world. They had everything in the
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