Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada

His creation. Due to the mercy
distributed to His creation, we
experience and express love and
affection for each other. Even the love
and tenderness expressed between
animals is a sign of the mercy of Allah.
The remaining ninety parts of mercy
were kept by Allah so that He could
mete them out to us on the Day of
Judgement.
In a parable related by the Holy
Prophet (sa), a wealthy man, while
lying on his deathbed, inquired of his
sons as to what sort of father he had
been to them. They replied that he
had been the best father to them and
that they bore no complaints against
him. Despite receiving this answer,
the man expressed fear that he was
destined to receive Allah’s wrath as he
could not discern what good he had
committed on the earth. Therefore, in
order to escape Allah’s wrath, the man
requested that, upon his death, he be
cremated and his ashes spread
throughout the earth by means of a
swift wind. The man held fast to the
hope that, as his remains would be
scattered throughout the earth, they
could not be collected again on the
Day of Judgement and he would
escape having to face Allah’s
reckoning. Although his sons
dutifully fulfilled their father’s
request, the man still found himself
brought before Allah on the Day of
Judgement. When Allah asked him
what motivated him to request his
cremation, he replied, “Your fear.” On
the basis of this answer, Allah had
mercy on him and forgave him his
sins.
In another parable, the Holy Prophet
(sa) related the story of a Jew who had
committed ninety-nine murders in his
lifetime but who had inquired from an
ascetic monk as to how he could
repent of them. The monk told him
that, due to the high number of
murders committed, repentance was
impossible. In response to this
answer, the Jew killed the monk
making him his one hundredth victim.
When the Jew inquired from another
man as to how he could repent of his
sins, he was advised to go to a
particular village and make the same
inquiry of an elderly wise man who
resided there. While en route to that
village, the Jew met his death. In the
moment before his death, the Jew
made one last effort to reach the
village, and did so by turning his torso
in its direction. Upon his death, the
angels of mercy and of punishment
descended upon him, each arguing
amongst themselves as to whose claim
over him was greater. The angels of
punishment made their claim for the
Jew on the basis of the murders he had
committed. The angels of mercy made
their claim on the basis that, at the end
of his life, he was striving to attempt
to seek repentance and they made
reference to the final direction of his
torso as support. When the matter
was brought before Allah for decision,
Allah ordered that the distance
between where the Jew began his
journey to the place of his death be
measured and compared with the
remaining distance to arrive at the
elderly wise man’s village. If the Jew
died in greater proximity to the
Guidance from Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah strengthen his hands) 6