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divine sayings
nineteenth hadith (19)
According to Ab¬ Sa¡¨d al-Khudr¨, the Prophet, may God give him blessings and
peace, said:
On the Day of Resurrection, God will say: “O Adam!”
He will reply: “Here am I, Lord, at Your service.”
A voice will proclaim: “God commands you to extract from your
progeny a contingent destined for the Fire.”
Adam will ask: “Lord, what may be the contingent destined for
the Fire?”
“From every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine, or
thereabouts. 6 ‘Thereupon the pregnant shall miscarry, the young
shall become white-haired [with age] and you shall see men acting
drunkenly. They will not be drunk, but indeed God’s punishment
is terrible.’” 7
This made such a frightening impression on the people that their
faces went pale.
The Prophet, may God give him blessings and peace, then added:
Descending from the people of Gog and Magog there shall be nine
hundred and ninety-nine, whilst from among you only one. Among
men you shall be like black hair on the ¦ank of a white bull, or white
hair on the ¦ank of a black bull. Indeed I hope you will make up
a quarter of the inhabitants of Paradise.
At this we exclaimed “Allåhu akbar!”, and then he said: “One-third
of the people of Paradise.”
At this we exclaimed “Allåhu akbar!”, and he said: “One-half of
the people of Paradise.”
Again we exclaimed “Allåhu akbar!”
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