Miftah-ul-Janna (Booklet for way to Paradise)

Everyone shall die when their time of death comes. The thirtythird
âyat-i-kerîma of A’râf Sûra purports: “... when their term is
reached, not a little can they cause delay, nor (a little time) can
they advance (it in anticipation).”
Before a person is born, it has been foreordained how long they
shall live. And it all has been written in the Lawh-i-mahfûz: where
that person shall die, whether they shall die having made tawba or
without having made tawba, what illness they shall die from (if
any), whether they shall die with îmân or without îmân. In fact, this
fact is pointed out in the final âyat of Loqmân Sûra.
Khallâq-i-’âlam created death. Thereafter He created life.
Thereafter He created our rizq and wrote it in the Lawh-il-mahfûz.
Haqq ta’âlâ knows the number of the breaths you are to take.
And He wrote it in the Lawh-il-mahfûz. Angels watch over it, and
when the time comes they let the Melek-ul-mewt (Angel of death)
know.
If you have spent your life believing the facts stated in the
Qur’ân al-kerîm and practising the commandments declared
therein, you will go (to the next world) as a happy person! Deem
everything from Allâhu ta’âlâ! Do not cry out behind a person
who has passed! Things of this sort cause a person to die without
îmân. We take refuge in Allâhu ta’âlâ. Should we commit a sin or
a fault, we should make tawba-i-nasûh.
Haqq subhânallâhu wa ta’âlâ orders Azrâîl ‘’alaihis-salâm’
(Angel of death): “Take away My friends’ souls with ease, and My
foes’ souls harshly!” Al-ayâz-u-billah, if one should be
disobedient!
One day in the Hereafter is as long as one thousand or fifty
thousand years. There are various explanations concerning this
matter. This fact is understood from the fifth âyat-i-kerîma of
Sajda Sûra and from the fourth âyat-i-kerîma of Me’ârij Sûra.
Thereafter angels extract the disobedient person’s soul with
torture. Language would fall short of describing it. We trust
ourselves to Allah, who created us from nothing. Some dying
people writhe and turn from one side to the other like a spring. As
a matter of fact, Allâhu ta’âlâ describes them in Wa-n-nâziâti Sûra.
The angels torment them bitterly, and in the meantime talk with
one another. Jebrâîl ‘’alaihis-salâm’ says unto them: “Do not show
mercy!” The munâfiq’s soul comes up to the point of his nose.
Then the angels let it loose. So tightly do they squeeze all his limbs
that the light of his eyes pour down. The angels say unto him: “You
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