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

world with compassion, and thereafter I shall surrender my soul.”
The angels present her request to Jenâb-i-Haqq. Thereupon the
Word of Allâhu ta’âlâ manifests itself, saying: “For the right of My
Greatness, I have made all the prayers of this slave of Mine
acceptable.” So the angels give her the glad tidings. Thereafter the
Angel of death and a hundred and twenty angels of mercy arrive
there. The nûr on their faces reach the ’Arsh, they wear crowns on
their heads, they are clad in raiments of nûr and shod in gold clogs,
and they have green wings. With fruits of Paradise in their hands
and scents as fragrant as musk dabbed on them, they come down
and make salâm with deep respect and kindness, and say: “The
Khallâq-i-’âlam (Creater of all beings) sends His salâm to you,
gives you Paradise, makes you a neighbour to His beloved Prophet
Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’ and a companion to Hadrat ’Âisha.”
This woman with îmân hears what is being said to her, the
curtain before her eyes opens up, and she sees women with îmân
and the ones being tormented on account of their sins. So she
entreats: “Please forgive them their sins, Yâ Rabbî!” Thereupon a
voice comes from Jenâb-i-’izzat, saying: “O My jâriya! I have made
all your wishes come true. Now, do surrender your safekeeping
(soul), with My Beloved One’s wife and daughter ready and
waiting.” No sooner does she hear this voice than she attempts to
give her life, her soul trembling, her feet rushing forward, and she
in perspiration. She is about to surrender her life, when two angels
appear on the scene. Each of them holding a stick of fire in their
hands, they stand on her both sides, one of them on the right hand
side and the other one on her left. Meanwhile, the accursed Satan
runs to the scene, soliloquizing: “I do not expect much from this
one, but let me see!” He comes forward, showing her the pot made
of jewelry and to the brim with pure icy water. When those angels
see that wicked creature, they break the pot he is holding with the
sticks in their hands and scare him away. The Muslim woman
laughs as she watches them. Thereafter the maidens (of Paradise)
called houris offer her beverage (of Paradise) from the Kawthar
pond in bowls made of jewelry, and she drinks it. So delicious is the
beverage of Paradise that her soul jumps and sticks to the goblet,
whence the Angel of death picks it. Angels announce the death to
one another, saying: “Innâ lillâhi wa innâ ilaihi râji’ûn (Certainly
we are from Him, and to Him shall we certainly return)!” And
they take the soul up to heavens like a sightseeing tour, show her
her abode in Paradise, and come back with the soul in no time,
placing the soul at the headside of the corpse.
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