"Every Soul Shall Taste Death"
When the believer is close to death:
They will see bright light as far as
the eye can see, coming towards them. These will be Angels with faces shining
bright like the sun descend from the Heavens, carrying the most beautiful shroud
scented with the fragrance of Paradise. The Angel of Death then appears and
gently with great care removes the soul from the body like water falling from a
cup and wraps the soul around the shroud making the soul smell greater than any
fragrance ever found on earth. Heaven like Hell is composed of seven layers;
the Angels ascend to the highest (seventh) heaven. On the way there they will
be stopped by Angels at every level and be asked who does this good soul
belongs to. Then the Angels will reply by calling you by every good name that
you were ever called on earth. When the soul reaches the highest heaven where
the throne of God is and is presented to the All Mighty. Allah, the Great and
Glorious, says: "Record the Book of My servant in the Illiyyoon and take
him back to Earth, for I created mankind from it, and I shall return them to
it, from it I shall bring them forth again."
You see each person has a book in
which all of their actions on earth are recorded, this book will be placed in
an honoured place (Illiyyoon) until the day of judgment when you are judged by
what is in your book. When all of this is happening your body has been prepared
for burial and is now in its grave. The Angels place the soul into the grave
where it awaits to be questioned. Two different Angels named Munkar and Nakeer
who have a set of questions that they ask you.
1. Who is your Lord?
2. What is your religion?
3. Who is your prophet/messenger?
4. What is your book?
God sent down to His creation many
prophets and messengers with a book of knowledge each one different but the
same because they all carried the same message; there is one God, worship Him. The
people would but after several generations people started to add or take away
the message in their book and when that happened, God sent them another
messenger to correct the people and lead them back to God. Each generation will
answer these questions differently. Those in Moses (pbuh) time will answer him
as their prophet and the Torah as their book. David or Dawood (pbuh) was
given the palms and his people will answer that.
The true believer will answer
correctly and his grave will be made as spacious as far as the eye can see. A
window towards heaven will be opened and they will be able to see what awaits
them in the hereafter. Then the most beautiful being will come before them and
the person will ask who are you and it will reply I am your good deeds. Then
the soul will sit there and await the final hour and pray for it to come.
When the disbeliever dies:
They will see Angels with black faces
with the fiercest expression carrying the foulest shroud made of the roughest
and worst material and will set as far away as the eye can see. Then the Angel of Death will rip the soul out of the body in the most violent manner because
the soul does not wish to come out for fear of facing its creator’s rage. The
soul will then be wrapped in the shroud and sprayed with the foulest smell,
worst then rotting flesh. The souls will then ascend to the highest heaven and
on the way there, they will be stopped by Angels and be asked who is this evil
soul. The Angels will answer by calling the soul by the worst names it was
known on earth by. But when the soul reaches the lowest heaven to get to the
highest heaven and ask for the gates to be open they will not be opened and Allah
answers by saying "Record his Book in Sijjin (the lowest place) and his
soul is thrown down to Earth." Then their book will be kept in the lowest
place until the Day of Judgment. By this time the funeral is over and the body
is placed in the grave so then the soul will also be placed in the grave. When
it becomes time for the questioning, the disbelieving souls will not be able to
answer any of the questions. The grave will then be crushed until the person’s
ribs are crossing over each other and a window to hell will be open, showing the soul what
awaits it in the hereafter. A being of unspeakable horror will appear before
the soul and the soul will ask who are you and the being will reply ‘I am your
wicked sins’.
