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I could feel a beautiful smile spreading in the air. A sharp voice
followed:
“You human beings are the ones prone to forgetfulness, Abdullah.
The King of kings… your Lord, the One who provides for you, does not
forget anything. As for my anger, it never over shadows my mercy. You
remembered me your entire life with hope and fear. I will also
remember you with forgiveness and mercy. However…”
There was a moment of a kingly pause… then he continued:
“… For your consolation, I am sending Saleh along with you. He will
look after you.”
This is the account of my first meeting with Saleh, and the real
reason for the benefit of his company. I did not have a physical body
during my life in Barzakh. Here, my feelings, emotions, experiences, and
observations were akin to a dream. It was a non-physical life but one
full of insight. I had full realisation of the blessings that awaited me in
the Paradise. Saleh used to visit me regularly, whenever I wished for
him to do so. Whenever he would come, he would inform me about all
sorts of new things and answer all my questions. Slowly, our friendship
became stronger. In our last meeting, he told me that life was about to
begin. Hence, today, along with him, I was crossing the vast plane on
the Day of Judgement, rapidly moving towards the Throne.
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As I was walking along with Saleh, I looked around; it was a never-
ending plane, as far as the eyes could see. The atmosphere felt like it
used to be just after dusk before sunrise, around the time of morning
prayers; it was as if, daybreak was about to scatter all around. At that
time, I could see only a handful of people in the field, albeit, all of them
had the same destination. I wondered if anyone amongst those people
was a prophet or a messenger. I looked towards Saleh; he knew what I
wanted to know. He replied:
“All of them woke up earlier. We are in fact, going towards them.”
“Will I get a chance to meet them?” I asked him eagerly, excited like
a child.
He stopped walking and spoke gently:
“In fact, your life will now be spent amongst them. Abdullah!
You have still not managed to grasp what is happening. The trial has
now finished. There is no façade anymore. Life is now beginning in real
and in this life, righteous people will live along with other righteous
people forever, and the ones who are evil, shall live along with people
who are evil.”
The truth was that I had still not recovered from the shock of all
that was happening around me. In fact, the entire introduction to this
new world had already taken place in the Barzakh. That was a kind of
non-physical world but now, here, on this Day of Judgement, everything
was similar to the physical world in which I lived previously. My hands
and feet, my feelings and the earth and the sky around me… everything
was similar to what I was used to in the previous world. In that world, I
had a home, a family, a neighbourhood, a region and a nation...
suddenly there was an explosion in my head. I stopped immediately and
grabbing Saleh with both my hands, asked him:
“Where is my family? My relatives, my friends, where are they?
What will happen to them? Why can I not see them?”
Saleh answered while avoiding my gaze:
“Do not ask me such questions Abdullah whose answers I do not
know. Every person is on his own today. No one can benefit anyone
else. If their deeds are good, then remain confident that they will end
up meeting you. No injustice shall be done to them. But, if their deeds
are not good, then...”
Saleh left the sentence incomplete and became silent. On hearing
his reply, my mood suddenly became sad. He put his hand on my
shoulder and tried to elevate my spirit in these words:
“Have faith in God, Abdullah. You were a fighting soldier in God's
army. For this reason, you have risen before others. Rest of the people
are rising up now. Those people will also meet you, God-willing, in the
right circumstances. For the moment, continue to move ahead.”
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