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“I have not understood something.” I said to Saleh as we walked
along.
“What is it?”
“From the first to the last Muslim, they must be in hundreds of
millions and even billions; how did, then, Leila's turn come up right at
the beginning?”
“Do you think that the God Almighty looks at identity cards of
people to decide who is a Muslim and who is not?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that the vast majority of Muslims did not prefer to identify
themselves as Muslims. For most people, their identity happened to be
their sect, leaders or creed. Thus, today when the accountability of the
nation of the last Prophet began, initially only those people were called
who truly believed in the Oneness of God, associated themselves only
with the ways of the last Prophet, avoided sectarianism, and kept their
religion away from innovations and deviations. They were the people
who ignored their biases and associations when it came to matters
relating to the truth. They accepted the truth whole-heartedly
whenever it became apparent to them. Among them were the pious
who stood in the shadow of the Throne today as well as those whose
good deeds were mixed with bad. However, the most merciful God
over-looked their bad deeds and forgave them due to their pious
actions. Such people were small in number though, that is why Leila's
turn came so soon. At least in this respect she did well. All of her
limitations in her deeds were ignored because of the hardships she had
suffered in the Plane
of Judgement. In addition, your
compassionate Lord elevated her status so she could be with you,
although her deeds were not like yours.”
“But, my accountability has not even started yet.”
“Your presence here signifies that your fate has already been
decided. However, it has not been declared yet. Don’t worry. The
declaration will only be made at the end of the day when the
accountability is finished.”
“Why?” I inquired, and Saleh clarified:
“Remember, I told you that there are four types of people
whose deliverance is decided at the time of their death? That is, the
prophets, the Siddiqeen who supported their prophets during their
lifetimes, the Shuhada who were witnesses to the truth after the
prophets had passed away, and the Salaiheen who were pious people of
all times.”
I nodded in affirmative. Saleh continued:
“The prophets and Shuhada are the people whose
real accomplishment is that they became witnesses to the truth in front
of other people in the previous world, in addition to passing the
message of Oneness of God and the Hereafter. Today, they will present
details of how they performed their role of bearing witness to the truth
to the Almighty so that, others do not have an excuse to say that they
were not aware of the truthful and the righteous way. This is because
these prophets and Shuhada had clearly explained the truth in the
previous world.
Therefore, the rest of the people will be held accountable on
the basis of their testimony and their eternal future will be decided
accordingly. These decisions will continue to take place until all human
beings have been dealt with; in the end, Shuhada like you will be called
and their success will be announced to the whole world. Only after all
this has been done, will the people be moved towards the Paradise or
Hell.”
“It means that people will not go to Paradise or Hell immediately.”
“Yes, they will not go immediately. Instead, as each person has his
accountability completed, he will be asked to stand to the right with
respect and in comfort if he is successful, and if unsuccessful, he will be
moved to the left hand to stand in disgrace and punishment. When
everyone’s accountability has taken place, people will be taken in
groups towards the Paradise or Hell.”
“Who will be the first to enter the Paradise?”
“The last Prophet will request for the doors of the Paradise to be
opened; then, the residents of the Paradise will enter amidst a
spectacular reception, greetings, and accolades.”
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