Towards Eternal Life

FOREWORD
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
DEATH THE PORTAL TO A WONDROUS WORLD
The Imaginal Realm after Death
How Death takes Place
Contrasting Experiences of Death
Entry into the World of the Angels
The Angels of Death
1. The People of the Middle State
2. Pure Individuals
A Vision of the Future and Entry into the Presence of the Virtuous
3. Corrupt Individuals
No Chance for Repentance and Return
BARZAKH THE INTERMEDIATE REALM
The Entry of the Soul into Barzakh
Burial 27 The Squeezing of the Grave
The Loneliness of the Grave
The Activation of the Spiritual Memory
Rūmān, the Angel who Reminds
Ranking of Human Beings
Questioning in the Grave
Nakīr and Munkar
Bashīr and Mubashsher
Meeting with Friends and Relatives
The People of the Middle State
The Barzakhi Countenance
The Connection between Barzakh and this Dunyā
The Gardens of Barzakh
The Landscape of Barzakh
The Land of the Virtuous
The Land of the Sleepwalkers
The Window to Paradise
The Land of the Evildoers
The Landscape of Barahūt
The Social Order in Barzakh
Children in Barzakh
The People of Barzakh and the Material World
The People of Barzakh and the World of the Angels
THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPET
The Death of the World
The Blowing of the Trumpet
A Protracted Death as a Prelude to Eternal Life
The Fate of the Universe between the Two Blowings of Isrāfīl’s Trumpet
The Second Blowing and Resurrection
The Return of Man
The Clay of Human Beings and the Reviving Rain of the Hereafter
THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
Awakening
The Structure of the Human Body in the Ākhira
Self-realization on the Day of Judgement
The Day of Gathering ( Ḥashr ) and Assembly ( Jam ’)
The System and Administrators of the Day of Gathering
The Beginning of the Journey
The Meaning of Location in Ākhira
A Journey of Fifty Stations
The First Station
The First Station and Nakedness
Hunger and Thirst
The Putrid Perspiration of Sin
The Meeting with God
All Fifty Stations are not Known
The Next Station: The Opening of Books
The Station of Actions being Displayed before God (῾ Ard )
Arguing with God
Everyone Tries to Place the Burden of their Sins on someone else
Followers will plead for Help from their Masters
The Sinners will Disown Each Other
False Oaths in God’s Presence
The Next Station: The Testimony of the Witnesses
The Next Station: The Distribution of Books
Receiving the Book in the Right or Left Hand
The Station of Accounting
The Expiation ( Takfīr ) and Annulment ( Ihbāt ) of Deeds
The Station of the Balance ( Mīzān ): The Weighing Scales of Justice
The Station of the Path ( Sirāt )
The Path to Paradise and the Path to Hell
The Darkness of the Path and the Light Possessed by the Travellers
The Day of Separation ( Yawm al-Fasl )
Strong and Weak Lights and the Pace of Progress
Intercession ( Shafā’a ) – an Increase in Kindness and Mercy
Those who shall Qualify for Intercession
Everyone will need the Intercession of Prophet Muhammad (S)
The Last Spring of Mercy: The Pool of the Prophets (A)
A ’rāf : Issuing Permission to Enter Paradise
ETERNITY
The Embodiment of Thoughts, Words and Deeds
Hell
The Landscape of Hell
The Levels of Hell
The Emotional State of the Inmates of Hell
1. Gloom and remorse
2. Mutual Enmity and Belligerence
3. Desire for Death or Escape
The Life of the Dwellers of Hell
The Everlasting Paradise
Physical Pleasures in Paradise
Evolution in Paradise and Increase of Joy
The Doors of Paradise
The Different Levels and Regions of Paradise
The Levels of Paradise and Family Life
That which cannot be Described about Paradise
A Final Word
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