The Two Roads - Heaven and Hell

of inner peace is called having, ‘a contented soul’. And with this is a
special individual channel of communication with All\h I. Because of
this the special servant of All\h I feels that every time he calls All\h I,
just by taking His name, All\h I has already responded by granting this
servant of His the permission to take His name in the first place. And
again, in granting the ability of taking His name after that, All\h I
shows its acceptance in His court. In this way this pious servant of All\h
I would spend night and day, day and night, seeking more ways to
please his Beloved, All\h I.
No mater how much a pious person achieves, to him it will never be
enough. Regarding this we can take the example of our beloved master
Mu#ammad r who was guaranteed the pleasure of All\h I, despite
the fact that All\h I would never become displeased with him, he
would still in the night stand in prayer until his feet became swollen.
Someone asked him why he did this as he was guaranteed All\h’s
forgiveness and pleasure. The Nabi r replied, “Then should I not be a
grateful servant?”
al-Bukh\r|
If this is the condition of the best of creation r, then automatically we
should understand where we stand.
He turns around and faces ‘Death’ who shakes him by the hand,
And ‘Death’ tells him ‘Brother! You have two rak`ahs left on this land.’
“May All\h have mercy on you,” says Death at this soul’s final sneeze,
With which out of his body, his soul is gently squeezed.
It has been narrated about many pious servants of All\h I, that when
they faced death, the angels appointed to take their souls were sent
early enough to allow them to perform two rak`ahs of %al\h so that
their souls would be taken in a state while they were pleasing their
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