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It is reported about `Uthm\n t that upon seeing a grave he would<br />
weep uncontrollably. Upon observing this someone asked why he<br />
would weep more at the sight of the grave than at the description of<br />
<strong>Heaven</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Hell</strong>. He replied that the grave is the first stage of the<br />
journey into the afterlife; if it is passed successfully, then the rest will be<br />
an easier task. But if one is to fail here then the rest of the journey will<br />
be an even more impossible undertaking.<br />
at-Tirmidh|, Ibn M\jah<br />
<strong>The</strong> grave surges inwards, crushing him with tons of squeezing pain<br />
His ribs penetrate each other unable to take the strain.<br />
Meaning found in Musnad A#mad, at-Tirmidh|, Ab[ Daw[d<br />
Upon being h<strong>and</strong>ed over to the grave, the grave takes comm<strong>and</strong> in<br />
unleashing hideous torture on this failure. It will call out to him that in<br />
the world it detested <strong>and</strong> loathed no one more than he, <strong>and</strong> now that<br />
he has been h<strong>and</strong>ed over to it, it will mete out a gruesome revenge.<br />
Snakes upon him are set loose, with their corrosive venomous bites.<br />
This soul joins many before him, suffering the same pitiful plight.<br />
Many snakes will be set to hack <strong>and</strong> desecrate him into a thick, lurid<br />
blood drenched pulp. <strong>The</strong>se snakes will not be the feeble crawling<br />
worm-like predators of the world, but they will be the tyrannical<br />
serpents of the Hereafter, which are so venomous that if one were to<br />
spit just once on this earth, nothing will ever be able to grow here<br />
again.<br />
at-Tirmidh|, ad-D\ram|<br />
In agony he waits <strong>and</strong> wails, in increasing pain <strong>and</strong> torment.<br />
Anxiously in pain he waits for the last day to be sent.<br />
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