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

(Allâhu ta’âlâ), people with such an invalid should keep some
water close at hand. Frequently, the invalid’s mouth should be
opened ajar and he should be made to have some water.
If hidâyat comes to his rescue, he accurses the Satan and rejects
the water he offers.
If his time is up –and if he is a Believer– Azrâîl ‘’alaihis-salâm’
is ordered to take his soul out and the blessed angel carries out the
order. Three hundred and sixty angels take that (fortunate) soul
from Azrâîl’s ‘’alaihis-salâm’ hand and, all of them disguised in his
friends and beloved acquaintances, they clothe his soul in Paradise
garments and take it up to the Palace of Paradise and show it its
place in Paradise and –immediately thereafter– take it back to
where the corpse is.
As yet if he left without îmân, three hundred and sixty angels
from the sijjîn bring leaves of (a tree of Hell called) zaqqûm from
Hell, which are even blacker than tar, wrap his soul, which has left
his body without îmân, in them, immediately take it down to Hell,
show its place, and take it back to where the corpse is.
If a person reaches the age of puberty, leads a long life in the
the world, disobeys the commandments, and leaves this worldly
life without having made tawba –naûzu billah (May Allah protect
us against such an end)– he sees all these punishments, undergoes
all the shameful treatments, and ends up in Hell, unless hidâyat
(guidance) from Allâhu ta’âlâ comes to his rescue or he is blessed
with the shafâ’at-i-Muhammadî ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam’. (Please see the thirty-fifth chapter of the second fascicle of
Endless Bliss for detailed information about shafâ’at
[intercession].)
CONCERNING (INNOCENT)
CHILDREN’S DEATH
When a Muslim child becomes ill and goes into its deathbed, its
abode is the Maqâm-i-illiyyîn, i.e. Paradise. Three hundred and
sixty angels come from there, stand in lines before that child and
say unto it: “Yâ Mâsûm (O you innocent child)! Glad tidings to
you! Today is a day when you are to plead with Haqq ta’âlâ for
your past, for your parents and grandparents and neighbours.”
Thereupon a hundred angels put a crown of shafâ’at on its head
and another hundred angels make it wear a crown of love and
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