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The Hereafter (Ma'aad)

by:
Ayatullah Dastghaib Shiraazi

Translated by:
Syed Athar Husain S.H.Rizvi

PREFACE 17
Some Convincing Things about the Hereafter 17
His Blood Proved More Effective Than His Speech 17
The Precious Pearl which could not be Appreciated 18
A Strange Request 18
Double Burial 19
Two Other Persons also had that Dream 20
A Story More Revealing Than a Book 21
Ocean in a Nutshell 21

CHAPTER ONE : DEATH		 23
No Other Source of Knowledge Except Revelation 23
Characteristics of the Hereafter have nothing to do with Intellect 24
Does a Dead Body Talk? 24
Talking is not Limited to the Tongue 24
Death : The First Station 25
What is Death? 26
The Soul Neither Enters the Body nor Gets Out of it 26
How the soul is taken 27
Who causes death? God, lzra'eel or the angels? 27
The Lord of the Universe has Fixed Some Causes for Death 28
Appearance of lzra'eel According to the Deeds of the Dying Person 28
Arrival of Angels and Satans at the time of Death 29
Comfort and Discomfort at the Time of Death 30
Sometimes Discomfort at the Time of Death Redeems Sins 30
Comfort on Deathbed, Reward of Good Deeds of the Dying Disbeliever 31
Confiscating a disbeliever's Soul through Torture 31
A Student of Fuzail who Died the Death of a Disbeliever 32
Dying in Disbelief Due to Sinning 33
Being Pleased with Death 34
Love for the World—Condemned by reason and Shariat 34
Love for this World is an Attribute of Infidels and a Source of Sins 35
Dislike for Death and Weeping Over Demise of the Beloved 36
Expression of impatience is the Result of Carelessness about the Hereafter 37
Divine Mercies and Bounties 37
The Arrival of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) at the Moment of Death 38
Even After Death 39
Questioning of the Grave 40
Questioning about Beliefs and Deeds 40
Why this Questioning? 41
Unbelievers will see the Divine Punishment and the Beginning of their Pains 42
The Disbeliever will Fail to Reply all Questions 42
There will be Questioning about Deeds too 42
Deeds are the Companions in Grave 43
The Lord of the World Warns 44
The Disbeliever will be accompanied by a Fearsome Face 44
Squeeze of the Grave is a Fact 45
Squeeze of Grave is Possible Everywhere 47
Reasons of Squeeze of the Grave 47

CHAPTER TWO : BARZAKH (PURGATORY)– THE STAGE BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER		 49
Halfway between Reward and Punishment 49
Squeez of Grave is Possible Everywhere 50
The Facsimile World and the Facsimile Body 50
Picture in the Mirror, with Two Stipulations 51
All Food Articles and Fruits Combined in Only One Thing 51
The Degree of Effects 52
A Man in the Grave Who Hosted Others 53
All Food Articles and Fruits combined in only one Thing 53
Reward of Fair dealing and Offering Prayers in Time 54
Lasting Pleasure in the Realm of Barzakh 55
A Cloak Full of Rice in the Valley of Peace 55
Animals Hear the Voice of the Dead 56
Cries Raised by a Hashimi Murderer in his Dream 57
Advice of a Perfumer and Demand by a Jew of His Trust 57
Can Such Things be Denied Absolutely 59
Three Kinds of News 60
There is no Logical Argument against Resurrection 60
Burial of Fatima Binte Asad, Mother of Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) 61
Fatima Binte Asad was much Fearful about the Events after Death 62
Effectiveness of Soul in Physical Body 62
The Body of Shaykh Sadooq Found Fresh 62
The Fresh Body of Hurr and the Handkerchief on his Head 63
A Suckling Babe in the Grave of Abu Ja'far Kulaini (r.a.) 64
Fire of Barzakh leaps out of a Grave 64
Fire Hotter than the fire of this World 65
Lightning is the Biggest Fire in the World 65
Those who do not Experience Fear 66
Death at a Time of the Descent of Mercy 67
Two Green Branches and Testimony of Forty Persons 67
Prophet Dawood did not offer Burial Prayer for a Worshipper 68
Testimony of Believers by Dust of Kerbala on the Shroud of Allamah Majlisi (r.a.) 68
The Good Deeds which Reach the Dead after Death 69
Numerous Gifts as Reward of Charity on behalf of the Dead 69
Request of the Dead to the Living 70
Barzakh is Veiled in this World 70
The Realm of Barzakh Encircles this World 70
Souls are Friendly with One Another and Please One Another 71
The Valley of Peace is the Station of the Spirits of the Faithful 71
Nearness to Amirul Mo-mineen Ali (a.s.) Attainable through Knowledge and Virtues 72
A Dead Body which was brought from Yemen to Najaf-e-Ashraf 72
One who gave Shelter to Locusts around his Tent 73
Close Relation between the Soul and the Grave 73
Reflection of Sunrays in a Mirror 74
Why no Reward or Punishment is Given to this Earthly Body? 74
Every Soul has Two Kinds of Bodies 74
The Soul is either Punished or Rewarded 75
Quranic Description of Reward and Punishment in Barzakh 75
In Comfort or in Pain so long as Days and Nights endure 76
Habib Najjar in the Paradise of Barzakh 76
Hard Life and Punishment in the Grave 77
Barzakh till everyone would be raised from the Graves on the Day of Judgement 77
Personality of Man Due to his Spirit or Soul 78
Paradise in Barzakh for the Content Soul 78
Rewards and Punishments of Barzakh as Mentioned in Reports and Traditions 79
Faces in Barzakh would be like People's Faces in this World 81
New arrivals questioned about Others 81
Spirits Meet their Worldly Relatives and Friends 82
The Pool of Kauthar in Barzakh 82
Kauthar and Hameem at the Moment of Death 83
Barhoot — A Sample of Hell in Barzakh 84
CHAPTER THREE : DAY OF JUDGEMENT (Q1YAMAT) 85
Qiyamat from viewpoint of logic 85
Unbelievers of Hereafter do not understand God's Wisdom 85
Nail as a Support 86
Exit of Excessive Matter through Hair 86
Medicine from Cow dung Beetle Proved Effective for Eye Trouble 87
is the World's Existence Void of Wisdom? 87
Not a Single Tooth is Without Wisdom 88
Creation would have been Aimless had there been Only Happiness 88
Every Gulp after Thousands of Stings 89
For the Sake of a Joy which will be Without Sorrow or Pain 89
Qiyamat Cannot be Doubted 90
Divine Justice Demands a Day of Judgement 91
True People have informed about Qiyamat 92
The Best Proof of Resurrection is the Possibility of its Corning 92
There is no Return of a Perished Thing in Qiyamat 93
The Strongest Argument is the Possibility of its Occurrence 93
He will Gather them for the Third Time too 94
Dead Coming to Life in the World 95
Uzair (a.s.) Remained Dead For a Hundred Years 95
Four Birds whom God Made Alive after Dissection 97
Almighty Allah has Power over Everything 97
Fire and Water Together 98
How will the Powdered Bones Become Alive? 99
No Scope for Doubt in Divine Knowledge 100
Creation of Skies is More Difficult and Important than Creation of Man 100
It is obligatory to remove the Harm if there is any Likelihood of it 101
If Mind Hints at a Danger or Harm, Attention Must be Paid 101
All Prophets and Messengers Warned People 102
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) Admonishes an unbeliever of Resurrection 102
Resurrection is Great 103
Amr Became Frightened by Qiyamat 103
Red Hot Earth Under the Unbeliever's Feet 104
Different Faces in the Field of Mahshar (Grand Ass embly) 105
Fate of Backbiters, Usurers and Corrupt People 105
Those who Harassed Their Neighbours, the Oppressive Rulers and the Proud 106
Offenders will be Recognised by their Faces in the Grand Gathering 106
How will they Walk with their Disfigured Faces? 107
Hearts will Stick to Throats 107
The Fortunate Ones who will be Safe from the Fear of Qiyamat 108
Masjid will be the Ark of Salvation in Qiyamat 108
Death in or En-route to Mecca 109
Patience in Passion and Anger 109
The Love and Guardianship (Wilayat) of Ali is a Guarantee of True Safety and Protection 110
The Absolute 'Hasana' (Good) is the Wilayat of Ali lbne Abi Talib (a.s.) 110
Precaution or Preparation for the Future 111
Efforts for Betterment of Future and Entanglement in Greed 111
The True Savings Account is with God 112
Israfil will Blow the Trumpet 113
Four Favourite Angels and their Responsibilities 113
Noise in Skies at the Thought of Qiyamat 113
Only God will be there 114
Wonders before the Arrival of Qiyamat 114
Blowing of the Second Trumpet 115
Thank God who Fulfilled His Promise 115
How will they Raise their Heads from Graves? 116
Two Contradictory Hopes about Qiyamat 116
All Secrets will become known 117
The Dress on the Day of Judgement will be Piety 117
Adam (a.s.) Covered his Body with Leaves 118
The Sinners will be Recognised 118
Scene of a Drunkard in the Gathering 119
Faces of Usurers and Musicians 119
The Musician's Instruments will be with him 119
The Condition of Double Talkers 119
Arrogant People and Adulterers 120
Day of Fifty Thousand Years' Duration 120
Why Qiyamat is Called a 'Day'? 120
Sun of Truth will Shine in Qiyamat 121
The Station of Fear in Qiyamat 121
Flying Away from one another like Locusts 121
Their Fleeing will be of no Use 122
They will Beg Even for a Single Good on the Day of Judgement 122
Records of Deeds 123
The Fragrance of Good Intention Alerts the Angels 123
Respite in Recording Good and Evil 124
They Note Even the Blowing at Fire 124
The Master of the Universe Ali (a.s.) Addresses Indecent Youth Talkers 125
Wisdom Behind Record of Deeds 125
Come! Look at My Mark sheet 126
I Wish they had not Given me my Record of Deeds 126
How the Record will be Given from Behind 127
Severe Pain after Reading the Record 128
No Suspension or a Suspension for a Thousand Years 128
Good Tidings for the Friends of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) 128
The Holy Prophet will Pay Up for the Rights of the Shias 129
Thanks to God our Account has been Entrusted to Generous Persons 129
Balance (Mizan) 129
What Wrong have we ever seen in Truth and Justice that we may turn towards the Wrong Path 130
Peace and Comfort is Only for the Faithful 131
The Profit of Materialists is Doubtful 131
Four Groups of People according to their Accounting 132
Punishment for a Hundred Years due to One Sin 132
The Provision of Righteousness is to Die with Faith 133
Nullifying of Deeds and Expiation of Sins 133
Curtain between Hatim and Nausherwan and the Fire of Hell 134
Sins which make a Man Die Faithless 135
Faith is the Expiation of Disbelief and Repentance is the Atonement of Sins 135
Good Deeds which Remove Evils 136
Questions on the Day of Resurrection 136
Bounties would be Questioned 137
How was your Behaviour with the Bounty of Wilayat? 138
Everyone will be Questioned about Four Things 138
Questioning about Worship Acts 139
Sins are of Three Kinds 139
Mirsad or the Valley of People's Rights 139
Suspension for One Year because of a Straw 140
A Thousand Years in the Valley of Oppressions 140
Encroachment of Others' Rights 140
No Oppressor will Escape the Punishment due to Him 141
Repayment of Dues of Believers from Unbelievers and Vice Versa 141
Cut in Punishment Equal to Right 142
Fear of the Claim of Rights 142
Most Poor on the Day of Judgement 142
Dealing Based on Grace 143
The Cistern of Kauthar 143
Kauthar, Heavenly Wine — Springs of Milk and Honey 144
Kauthar becomes Happy with the Mourners of Husain (a.s.) 144
The Ears Acquainted with the Heavenly Song 144
Appearance of Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.) 145
The Pulpit of the Medium (Wasilah) 145
Praised Position (Maqam-e-Mahmood) 146
Ali lbne Abi Talib, the Distributor of Paradise and Hell 146
Sirat Bridge 147
A Thousand Bridles of Hell in the Hands of a Thousand Angels 147
The first Valley 148
Dishonesty in Wealth and Talk 148
Permit of the Wilayat of Ali (a.s.) for Crossing the Sirat 149
Second Valley —Prayer 149
Teach the Prayer to Children and make them Habituated to it 150
Reciting 'Bismillah' by a Child Ends the Chastisement of his father 150
Third Valley — Khums and Zakat 151
When the intercessor himself will become the Opponent (claimant) 151
Fourth Valley — Fasting 152
Fifth Valley — Hajj 152
Sixth Valley - Ritual Purity 153
Seventh Valley - Oppression 153
Forty Years Imprisonment and Forty Years of Chastisement and Scolding 154
A Strange Story about Burning in Barzakh 154
Intercession 155
The Entire Creation including Messengers will need the Intercession of Prophet Muhammad 156
Greater Intercession is the Prerogative of Only Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.) 156
Intercession at Every Stage 157
Student who Became a Doctor 157
An Indian Syed Lady and Leprosy 158
You will Die after Ten Days 158
Double Life Due to Blessings of Husain (a.s.) 159
Our Hope is Closely Connected with the Intercession of the Holy Prophet 160
Intercession is the Anchor of Hope, not of Pride 160
The Raised Places (Araaf) 161
Wall between People of Paradise and People of Hell 161
One's Radiance (Noor) will be of no use to others 162
Be Anxious about that Day's Noor only Today 162
Araaf, a Place between Paradise and Hell 162
Paradise, the Greatest and Everlasting Bounty 163
True Abode of Peace (Darus Salaam) is Paradise 163
Heavenly Rivers mentioned in the Holy Quran 164
Heavenly Dresses 165
Palaces and Precincts in Paradise 165
Sample of Heavenly Chambers 166
Chairs, Carpets and Vessels in Paradise 166
Heavenly Women and Houries 167
Houries are Very Far from Impurities 168
Heavenly Women are Much More Beautiful and Attractive 169
The Marriage of the Women of Paradise will be of their Own Choice 169
Flowers and Scents in Paradise 169
Light in Paradise 170
Songs and Voices in Paradise 171
Prophet Dawood (a.s.) and the Singing Houries of Paradise 171
Reward of Discarding Singing in this World 171
Spiritual Favours and Tastes 172
Greetings by Angels and the Honour of Communicating with the Lord of Universe 173
Neighbourhood of the Prophet and his Progeny 174
Daily Feasts Hosted by the Messengers (a.s.) 174
Admonition — Why Do We Not Try To Get Paradise? 174
Paradise as Described by the Ever-truthful, Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) 175
The Hell 176
Punishment of Hunger and Thirst in Hell 177
Zaqqoom — Burning Food for Sinners 177
It will Melt the Outer and the Inner Bodies of the Offenders 178
Ghisleen, Zaree, Sadeed and Gliassaq 178
Dress of the People of Hell 179
Discharge, Shackles and Chains 179
Guardians of Hell 180
Hell and its Gates 180
Hellfire has Intelligence 181
The Light of the Faithfuls will Lower Flames of Hell 181
Sinners will Live in a Very Congested Place 182
Mental or Spiritual Torture 182
Unbeliever will not Enter Paradise 183
Deprivation from Divine Bounties is the Worst Punishment 183
Deadly Regrets in Hell 184
Scolding and Spiritual Punishment in Hell 184
Taunting by Satans and Withholding of Weeping by Hell Dwellers 185
You too Found it True what was Promised to you 186
Stay with the Satans in Hell will be a Painful Punishment 186
They will Deny one another 187
Blaming One Another in Hell 188
Will this Weak Body be able to bear such Punishments? 188
Man's Body will also become as Hard as his Heart 188
In the Hereafter, r, Truth will Overtake Appearance 189
Is Painful Punishment Becoming Divine Justice? 189
Self Prepared Punishment 190
Adoration Before the Blind and Singing Before the Deaf! .... 190
What has the Merciful to do with Punishment! 191
Forced Repentance is Useless 191
A Short Lifespan and Permanent Punishment 192
Eternity will be Based on the Intention of Good or Evil 192


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