The Two Roads - Heaven and Hell

Ibr\h|m berated him: ‘So if you do not possess the capability to defend
yourself against death enabling you to repent, and you know that
when it comes you cannot possibly delay it, how can you still possess
the audacity in even hoping to avoid this, while continuing to sin.’
‘Finally on the day of reckoning when the warders of Hell come to drag
you off to an infernal end, don’t go with them.’
The saddened reply came “But they will never leave me nor will they
show mercy upon me by acknowledging my cries! I will not be able to
overpower them nor can I hope to escape.”
Ibr\h|m explained ‘If you still sin, how then can you ever hope to
succeed?’
Grasping the meaning of the reply the person lowered his head and
replied: “Enough! Enough! While bearing this in mind I will find it
extremely hard to continue in sin. I seek All\h’s forgiveness and turn to
him repenting.”
Kit\b at Taww\b|n of al Muquddas|
Indeed if a person were to consider these points as often as possible
then he too will find it hard to disobey All\h I.
‘Prepare yourself with the fear of All\h,
as without doubt you cannot know.
That when night falls, then with the break of dawn
will your life still definitely show?’
From an Arabic Poem
‘Make provisions! Indeed the best provision is Taqw\.’ al Baqarah
Taqw\ (fear of All\h I) consists primarily of two things:
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