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On remembering the akhirah..and the Iman that pervades the heart as a result of doing so...
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“If his mind (the mind of the believer) is clear, he will have insight, which is a light in the heart, with which he will see the promise and the threat, Paradise and Hell, and what Allah has prepared in each for His friends and His enemies, respectively.
He will see, in his mind’'s eye, the people coming forth from their graves, hastening towards the call of Truth;
The angels coming down from heaven and surrounding them, and
Allah coming to His Throne which is set up for judgment;
The earth filled with His light and the Book being set forth;
The Prophets and martyrs being brought;
The scale being set up and the records flying into their owner’s' hands;
The disputants being brought together;
Every creditor hanging on to his opponent;
The appearance of the hawd (cistern) and the bringing near of its cups; intense thirst, but only a few being allowed to drink;
The setting up of the bridge and the jostling of the people to cross over it;
The sharing out of lights because the bridge to be crossed is very dark;
The fire of Hell, parts of it consuming other parts beneath the bridge;
The huge numbers of those who fall into the fire, many times more than the numbers of those who are saved.
When his mind’'s eye is opened to all of this,
One of the stages of the Hereafter will dwell in his heart, so he will see that the Hereafter will abide forever whereas as this world is just a transient, passing thing.
(Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/123).
Do not fear opening the gates of your imagination onto the akhirah..
Though its reality is far different from that which you will witness within your mind..it will surely allow softness of the heart (and thus firm Iman) to engulf your heart as it yearns to do incessantly...
Allow iman a chance I say..
Every time this dunya stresses you and your iman out..give yourself a minute..and travel through the paths of imagination towards your permanent destiny..
*Al-Akhirah!*
May Allah grant us the destiny of those encompassed by His pleasure..Ameen!
On remembering the akhirah..and the Iman that pervades the heart as a result of doing so...
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“If his mind (the mind of the believer) is clear, he will have insight, which is a light in the heart, with which he will see the promise and the threat, Paradise and Hell, and what Allah has prepared in each for His friends and His enemies, respectively.
He will see, in his mind’'s eye, the people coming forth from their graves, hastening towards the call of Truth;
The angels coming down from heaven and surrounding them, and
Allah coming to His Throne which is set up for judgment;
The earth filled with His light and the Book being set forth;
The Prophets and martyrs being brought;
The scale being set up and the records flying into their owner’s' hands;
The disputants being brought together;
Every creditor hanging on to his opponent;
The appearance of the hawd (cistern) and the bringing near of its cups; intense thirst, but only a few being allowed to drink;
The setting up of the bridge and the jostling of the people to cross over it;
The sharing out of lights because the bridge to be crossed is very dark;
The fire of Hell, parts of it consuming other parts beneath the bridge;
The huge numbers of those who fall into the fire, many times more than the numbers of those who are saved.
When his mind’'s eye is opened to all of this,
One of the stages of the Hereafter will dwell in his heart, so he will see that the Hereafter will abide forever whereas as this world is just a transient, passing thing.
(Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/123).
Do not fear opening the gates of your imagination onto the akhirah..
Though its reality is far different from that which you will witness within your mind..it will surely allow softness of the heart (and thus firm Iman) to engulf your heart as it yearns to do incessantly...
Allow iman a chance I say..
Every time this dunya stresses you and your iman out..give yourself a minute..and travel through the paths of imagination towards your permanent destiny..
*Al-Akhirah!*
May Allah grant us the destiny of those encompassed by His pleasure..Ameen!