One of us went forward and called to the grave, “O occupant of the grave!

One of us went forward and called to the grave, “O occupant of the grave! Please do as you had promised”, and back came the reply, “Welcome”. Suddenly we realized that the curtains of the hidden were lifted off our eyes, and we saw a green and beautiful garden in which were flowing streams of cool and pleasant water. The gardens were laden with colourful fruits, and beautiful birds were praising Allah on the trees. We reached a mansion in the midst of the garden.

When he saw us he got up to welcome. Different types of fruits and sweets were served, the likeness of which cannot be imagined nor described. We ate to our full, but were still not satiated, and wished to eat more. After finishing the meals we sat for sometime, then we got up to ask the person's permission to leave. He bade us farewell and came to leave us till the door.

My father asked him as to who he was, and why did Allah bestow His blessings on him so that he had got the capacity to feed the whole mankind, and also asked him as to what the place was. The man replied that, “I am a native of your town, a butcher by profession, and the reason for these blessings to be bestowed on me are: (1) I never weighed less at the time of sale, and (2) I always recited the Prayers (Namaz) on time all throughotu my life.

As soon as the voice of ‘Takbeer’ reached my ears, I left my work and proceeded for Namaz in the Mosque. Hence I am offered this position here. Last week when you requested me for a feast, I had not obtained permission for it, while this week I have got the permission and hence invited you”. Then we individually asked him our ages and he answered. I asked him my age and he said that I would live for another fifteen years. Then he wished us farewell, and we reached the same place in the cemetary.

(Ma'ad) The pleasures in Barzakh are not perishable One of the peculiarities of ‘Barzakh’ is that it is eternal and permanent. None of the things of this world are immortal. Youth is overshadowed by the darkness of old-age. Till the time the morsel of food remains in the mouth, a person derives pleasure and taste, and then it disappeares. Flowers turn dry after a period, and hence nothing remains eternal.

But Barzakh and it's pleasures are eternal because it is not made up of matter or elements like other things and hence does not cease to exist. This can be explained by a narrative in ‘Darus Salaam’, where in Shaikh Mahmood Naraqi quotes from Shaikh Mahdi Naraqi.