SOME DETAILED EVENTS CONCERNING THE WORLD HEREAFTER  

Q 1: What is "A'maal Naamah"?  

1. Allah Almighty has detailed some Angels to record deeds of humanbeings who record their  good and bad actions. These Angels are called "Kiraaman Khaatebeen". Two angels accompany  every man. One on his right side and the other on his left side. The right side angel records  virtues and the left side angel writes down evils. This record of virtues and evils is called  "A'maal Namah" (record of doings). In short, a complete record of our good deeds and misdeeds  being maintained by the angels is "A'maal Naamah". On the Doomsday, everybody will be  handed his "record of deeds". Pious will receive it with the right hand and sinners with the left  hand. Infidels and disbelievers will be given from their behind after tearing their chest to pass  their hands through their backs to hold their record of deeds to see for themselves that it is  neither under-recorded nor over-recorded. Everyone will then realise that even the tiniest virtue  and tiniest evil is recorded therein. Sinners will get frightened to see the record of their sins and  infidels and disbelievers will be in extreme fear and trembling. Then good deeds and bad deeds  of all will be weighed on "Meezaan" (balance).  

Q 2: What is "Meezaan" and how will deeds be weighed on it?  

1. Balance, pair of scales is called "Meezaan". The gist about "Meezaan" which will be installed  on the Doomsday, explained by the Shari'ah is that it will have (two) scales and a pivot. Its each  scale will be as much vast as is the space between the east and west. To inquire about more  details as to what kind of Balance it will be or how will deeds be weighed thereon is not  necessary, for, all such things are beyond our comprehension. The belief we have been taught to  this effect is that "Meezaan" is the truth and that deeds of all mankind will be weighed on the  Doomsday. Successful will be those whose deeds (done by the heart and body) will be heavy and  losers will be those whose deeds' weight will be light. Some Muslim scholars maintain that deeds  of every man are written according to their weight. (For example), the work which is done with  sincerity, devotion as per the command of Shari'ah and on time carries more weight than the  same work done for pomp and show not in harmony with Shari'ah and untimely. How big a deed  may be but it is nothing in the sight of Allah unless it is done with the spirit of Islamic faith and  sincerity. The record of deeds or sheets of actions in which good and bad words and deeds of  mankind are entered will be weighed in the next world. It is also possible that the virtues may be  turned into some beautiful shape or body and evils changed into any disgusting shape or body  and then these bodies may be weighed.  

Q 3: What type of reckoning will be there?  

1. There will be different kinds of reckoning, (For instance), some body will be called to account  for his doings secretly who will admit all his sins and expect chastisement. But Allah, the Most  Beneficent, will absolve him saying: "I hid your failings in the world and now I forgive you".  Someone will be brought to book strictly and thus he will ruin. Somebody will be questioned  reminding of Divine favours to him. Allah will ask him "Did you ever think of meeting Me? He  will reply in the negative. Allah Almighty will say: "you did not remember Me in the world so  We leave you in torment here". There will be some infidels and disbelievers who will, on being  reminded of Allah's favours, claim that they were believers in the world and used to observe  prayer, fast, propitiatory offerings, charity and other good deeds. On this, Allah Almighty will  command "let the witnesses be produced". Then their tongues will be sealed and their limbs will 

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be ordered to speak. Their parts of the bodies i.e. hands, feet, thighs, flesh, bones etc. all will  testify that they committed such and such sins. They will be consigned to hell.  

Some believers will be provided with their sheets of actions to see their obedience and  disobedience for themselves. They will be rewarded on obedience and virtues and their  disobedience and sins will be over-looked i.e. will not be called to account for each and every sin  and failing. An Ummati (bond slave) of the Holy Prophet will be brought whose record will be  full of sins except for a single good. He will be asked: "do you have any excuse for the bad  record"? He will reply in the negative. Then a piece of paper containing "Kalimah Shahaadat"  (the code of Evidence) will be taken out from his record of deeds and put in one scale of the  balance and all his sins in the other which will outweigh his bad record. The Holy Prophet will  get innumerable believers admitted into heavens without any reckoning. The believers who are  punctual in offering "Tahajjud" (late mid-night supererogatory prayer) will also be admitted into  paradise without any reckoning. In brief, the mercy of Allah Almighty is infinite which seeks  excuse to pardon His servants. So a little goodness may become the cause of absolution.  

Q 4: How many kinds of people will be there on the Doomsday?  

1. Mankind will be divided into three groups i.e. there will be three kinds of people on the  Doomsday: (1). Inmates of hell, (2). Common paradise-dwellers and (3). Chosen and prominent  paradise-dwellers who will abide in the highest compartments of paradise. The inmates of hell,  whom the Holy Quran terms as "As-haabush Shimaal" and who were brought forth from the left  ribs of Prophet Adam at the time of "Meesaaq" (covenant), will be made to stand on the left side  of the empyrean. Their sheets of actions will be given to them in their left hands and angels will  catch hold of them from the left side. They will be cursed and damned beyond limit. The  common paradise-dwellers whom the Holy Quran describes as "As-haabul Yameen" and who  were brought forth from the right ribs of Prophet Adam at the time of covenant, will be made to  stand on the right side of the throne. Their sheets of actions will be given to them in their right  hands and angels will take and lead them from the right side. They will be the blessed and  fortunate ones on that day and their joy will know no bounds. The Holy Prophet Hadrat  Muhammad Mustafa (may Allah's choicest blessings & peace be upon him) had observed the  same two groups on the Night of Ascension (Me'raaj) that Prophet Adam expressed his delight  when looked towards his right side and became dismal when looked towards his left side.  

The chosen and prominent servants of Allah, whom the Holy Quran regards as "Saabayqoon"  will transcend all in gaining blessings, favours, grades and proximity to Allah. It is reported in an  Hadees that there will be 120 rows of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Of which eighty will  be of this blessed Ummah (Holy Prophet's community) and the remaining forty will be of people  of the past Prophets. After completion of the process of reckoning all will be ordered to cross  over "Siraat"  

Q 5: What is "Siraat"?  

1. "Siraat" is a bridge which will be placed over the back of hell. It will be more subtle than a  hair and sharper than sword. Every pious and sinner, condemned and absolved and believer and  infidel will cross it because it is the only pathway to paradise. Believers will cross over this  bridge safely and soundly in accord with their ranks. The hell will call "O' believer cross over  me, for, your "Noor" (light) has cooled down my flames". There will be big iron hooks,pegs  (how big will those be? Allah knows better) thereon which will catch those about whom there  will be divine order. Some will be hurt only by these pegs and some thrown in hell. 

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First of all, the Holy Prophet will cross over "Siraat" then other Apostles, Messengers and  Prophets followed by Muslim Ummah and then the people of the past Prophets.  

Q 6: How will the mankind cross over "Siraat"?  

1. All humanbeings will cross over "Siraat" in different ways according to their deeds. Some  will cross it like lightning, some like blowing of wind, some will cross it like a bird's flight, some  like running of a horse, some will run and walk, some will crawl and even some will move like  ant.  

Q 7: What is "Haud-e-Kauser"?  

1. "Haud-e-Kauser" (an exclusive heavenly pond) is a great favour and grace of Allah Almighty  in the fearful distress of the Doomsday which He has gifted to our Prophet Hadrat Muhammad  Mustafa (may Allah's choicest blessings & peace be upon him). The distance between the two  banks of Haud-e-Kauser is equal to a journey of one month. There are pearls and jewels-studded  domes on its sides. Its earth is of musk. Its water is whiter than the milk, sweeter than the honey  and purer than the musk. Its pots are more in number than the stars in the sky. The believer who  once drank its water would never be thirsty. Muslim Ummah will be satiated with its unique  water by the Holy Prophet. May Allah also grace us with this favour! Aameen.  

Q 8: Where will humankind go after completion of all these stages?  

1. Believers will go to paradise and infidels to hell. Allah Almighty has made a beautiful place  to reward the believers which is equipped with such kinds of corporal and spiritual bliss and  felicity that can not be imagined even by the kings and emperors of the world. This place of  felicity is called "Jannat" or "Bahisht" (Paradise). Likewise, there is a dreadful place to chastise  and torment sinners and infidels which is full of such types of torment that one is shuddered with  horrors to think of it. However, the sinful believers who had recited "Kalimah" (the holy code)  sincerely will at last be taken out of hell either on completion of the term of their punishment or  by the intercession of Prophets, Angels and saints or by the grace of the Merciful of merciful  (Allah Almighty) leaving there only infidels and unbelievers and then its mouth will be sealed.  The faces of the dwellers of Paradise will look bright and fresh and of the inmates of hell will be  black and nasty and their eyes blue. The paradise and hell which were created millions of years  back are extant.  

Q 9: What is "A'raaf'?  

1. There is a transparent wall or a veil between the paradise and hell which will prevent the  boons and bounties of paradise from reaching the hell and the afflictions and torments of hell  from reaching the paradise. The place over this transparent wall or veil is called "A'raaf1  (heights). It is reported by a number of righteous servants of Allah Almighty that the people of  "A'raaf would be those ones whose virtuous and sins would be equal. Seeing the dwellers of  paradise, they will greet them and yearn for heavens. At last they will be admitted into paradise.  

Q10. How will the Muslim Ummah be identified on the Doomsday?  

1. It will be dark when people will proceed to "Siraat" from the field of "Hashr". The light of  faith and good deeds which the humanbeings will possess corresponding to the degree of their  faith and actions will lead them to paradise. The light of Muslim Ummah will be brighter than  that of the other Prophets' communities by dint of the Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet said to  this effect that my Ummah will be summoned on the Doomsday in such, a state that their faces,  hands and feet will shine by the traces of ablution. So shine them more if one could i.e. perform  ablution well. 

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Q11: What will happen after admittance into paradise and casting into hell?  A. After admittance of all believers into paradise leaving only those in hell (destined to live there  permanently), the death will be brought in the shape of a ram and stood in between the paradise  and hell. A proclaimer will call the dwellers of paradise who will peep through and fearing that  they might be taken out of it and the inmates of hell will peep through hoping that they may be  relieved of the torment, and ask about the ram who will identify it as "death". It will be  slaughtered and proclaimed that the death is no more there. The dwellers of paradise will abide  permanently in the place of bliss and felicity and the inmates of hell will live in hell for ever.  

At this juncture, the paradise dwellers will rejoice immensely and the hell's inmates will be  stricken by profound grief and sorrow.  

"Nasaa Lul-Laahal 'Afwa wal 'Aafiyah Fiddeeni wad Dunyaa wal Aakhirah" (we beg forgiveness  of Allah and seek refuge with Him and protection against every misfortune, calamity for our  good in religion, this world and the next world).  

Q12: Why will there be the vision of Allah in the next world?  

1. It is definite that every Sunni Muslim will have "Deedar" (Splendid Sight, Vision) of Allah  Almighty. However, it is inexplicable as to how will they see Him. The thing which is seen is  situated at a distance and to a specific direction, far or near, above or below, right or left and in  front or back, but Allah Almighty is pure and free from all such things. Then "how will that be?"  Be clear! There is no room for ifs and buts in it. It is certain and sure. We all will, by the grace of  Allah Almighty, have His Vision. Even the eye sight can not see or comprehend "His Sight", for,  only that thing can be seen or comprehended which has limits and directions whereas Allah  Almighty is purely free from these things.  

This is the creed of Ahle Sunnat but some misguided sects like "Mo'tazilah" (non-conformists,  dissenters) failed to differentiate between "Idraak" (comprehension) and "Roiyat" (Sighting) and  declared that Allah's vision is impossible ignoring the established facts that when Allah can be  known and His Existence acknowledged sans physical entity and directions then He can also be  seen likewise.  

In brief, Ahle Sunnat have an unwavering belief about "Deedar" (vision) of Allah Almighty in  the next world which is borne out by Quran-o-Hadees, Ijma and myriad of cogent arguments of  Muslim scholars. Had it been impossible, Prophet Moses would not have wished to see Allah nor  Allah Almighty would have said to him "Inistaqarra Makaanahoo Fasaufa Taraani" (if it  [mountain] remains standing at its place then soon you will see Me). A number of Ahaadees  prove that Allah Almighty will manifest Himself in a garden of Paradise where tables and chairs  made of light, jewels, ruby, jasper, topaz, gold and silver will be set for the dwellers of paradise.  Even the lower grade dwellers will sit on the mounds of musk and camphor. Nevertheless,  nobody will consider himself inferior to those sitting on heavenly chairs. Allah's Deedar to the  believers will be as clear as the sun and the full moon. Allah will manifest Himself to every  Paradise dweller who will see Him without any difficulty or hindrance. The chosen servants of  Allah Almighty will be graced with His "Splendid Sight" every morning and evening. First of all  the Holy prophet Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (may Allah's choicest blessings & peace be upon  him) will have Allah's Vision which is the supreme and greatest favour in paradise. The dwellers  of paradise who once had Allah's Deedar would never forget it and be absorbed in the Splendid  Sight for ever.