Amir-ul-Momineen -asws ...
Amir-ul-Momineen -asws : For this instance Allah -azwj Says: وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ (22) إِلَى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ (75:23) Some faces will on that Day be radiant with happiness. Looking-up to their Rab. This will occur at the place which is the highest point (above the heavens), reserved for the devout believers. Only a few, out of them, subsequent to the accountability phase, will take a bath in a canal called ‘Nahr-e-Hayat’ [20] .
They will drink out of another canal which will lighten-up their faces making them even more vibrant. All their grief, pain, distress and trouble will be washed away before they will be asked to make their way into the garden [21] . It will be impossible for those, who managed to reach there, to miss out an opportunity of performing Ziarat [22] of their Rab -asws , as they will find him -asws there on their way to Paradise.
Allah -azwj Describes the Salutation of angels on them as: سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ (39:73) (Angels of Paradise will say:) Peace be upon you! You have been good, so enter it to remain there forever. For this instance Allah -azwj Says: Enter into My Paradise, this is your reward. This was the promise of their Lord, Allah -azwj Who refers to this as: إِلَى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ (75:23) (entering while) Looking towards their Rab.
And Allah -azwj also Says: وَإِنِّي مُرْسِلَةٌ إِلَيْهِمْ بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنَاظِرَةٌ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ الْمُرْسَلُونَ (27:35) I am sending them a gift and (wait) to see with what (answer) (my) ambassadors return.
And Allah -azwj Says (for his servant): وَلَقَدْ رَآَهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى (13-53:14) What he sees now he has already seen near the ‘Sidaratul Muntiha [23] ’ meaning Mohammed -saww has been to this point of nearness, which is the ultimate limit beyond which no one has access.
Allah -azwj describes this as: (His Prophet -saww s last visit to this place): مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَى لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آَيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى (17-53:18) His eyesight did not falter nor was it carried away. He saw some of his Rab’s Greatest Signs ! And saw Gabriel -as in his original form twice, once at this place and the second time at another place.
The creation of Gabriel -as is too among one of the greatest creations which is from the light which people cannot comprehend, except the Lord of the worlds.
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