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The Last Journey; Translation of Manazil Al- Akhirah

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Translator’s Note
• Wisdom (Hikmah) of Ahlulbait (a.s.)
• The Returning (Ma’ad)
• Is a person’s body affected after death?
• Dreams (Ru’ya)
• Death (Maut)
• Separation of the Spirit from the body
• Love of world
• Friendship with death
• Relating to the removal of the Spirit and its hardships (Sakarat)
• Those deeds whose performance eases death
• O He Who accepts the little (deed) and overlooks the much (wrong)
• Those A’mal which prove beneficial during death and eases its tribulations
• Turning away from the Right Path at death
• Those acts which prove beneficial at death
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• From Death till Grave
• The Grave (Qabr)
• Terror of the Grave
• Those deeds which are beneficial for warding off fear of the Grave
• Narrowness of and Squeeze in the Grave
• Reasons for the Squeeze in the Grave
• Do people who are drowned or are hanged have to face the Squeeze in the Grave?
• Those A’mal which saves one from the Squeeze in the Grave
• Questioning in the Grave by Munkir and Nakeer
• Admonition
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• Intermediate Period (Barzakh)
• The state of the body in Barzakh
• The period of Barzakh and the body
• Difficulty of Impression and Effects
• Incident
• The pleasures in Barzakh are not perishable
• The effect of the Spirit (Rooh) on the body and its relation with the grave
• The Valley of Peace (Wadi-us-Salam)
• The Valley of punishment (Wadi-e-Barhoot)
• Those A’mal which prove helpful for the people in Barzakh
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• Incident 3
• Incident 4
• Incident 5
• Resurrection (Qayamat)
• Those A’mal which eases the trouble of Qayamat
• The Trumpet of Israfeel (Soore Israfeel)
• Resurrection (Qayamat)
• Coming Out of the Grave
• The time when people will come out of their graves is very horrifying. Allah says in the Qur’an
• Those A’mal which are useful for the people in Qayamat
• Facts regarding Resurrection (Qayamat)
• That day will be equal to 50000 years
• Scrolls of Deeds (Name A’amal)
• He will read his scrolls of deeds and cry out “Sabbora” (perdition)
• Refusal to accept the Scrolls
• Angels take the Scrolls to the Holy Prophet (s) and the Holy Aimmah (a.s.)
• Weighing Scales (Meezan)
• Merits of Salawat
• Narrations of Good Character
• Narration 1
• Narration 2
• Narration 3
• Incidents of Good Character
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• Incident 3
• Incident 4
• Accounting (Hisab)
• Who will take the Accounting?
• Whose Account will be taken?
• Wasting of Good deeds (Ehbat) and Expiation of Sins (Takfeer)
• Incident of Ehbat and Takfeer
• Questioning about deeds
• Rights of Allah or the Worship Acts
• Rights of people (Haqqun Naas)
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• Spring Of Kausar (Hawze Kauzar)
• Manifestation of the High Honor of Ahlulbait
• The Standard of Praise (Liwaul Hamd)
• Ali (a.s.) will be the Distributor of Kausar (Saqiye kausar)
• The pulpit of Praise (Maqame Mahmood)
• Ali (a.s.) will be the Distributor of Heaven and Hell (Kaseemill Jannate wan Naar)
• Intercession (Shafa’ah)
• Who will be interceded?
• Heights (A’raf)
• Bridge Of Serat (Poole Serat)
• 1st Pass: Kindness (Sile Raham), Trust (Amanah), Love of Ahlulbait (Walayah)
• 2nd pass: Namaz (Salat)
• 3rd Pass: zakat
• 4th Pass: Fasting (Saum)
• 5th Pass: pilgrimage (Hajj)
• 6th Pass: Cleanliness (Taharah)
• 7th Pass: Rights (Mazalim)
• Incident
• Those A’mal which Prove helpful to pass over the Poole Serat easily
• Hell (Dozakh)
• Food and Drink of the people of hell
• Clothes of the people of hell
• Hand Cuffs and Shackles of the people of Hell
• Beds of the people of hell
• Keepers of hell
• Gates of hell
• Related to the severity of the punishment in hell
• Paradise (Jannat)
• Kingdom of Paradise
• Vastness of Paradise
• Food of Paradise
• Drinks of Paradise
• Dresses & Ornaments of the people in Paradise
• Palaces of Paradise and their adornment
• Rooms of paradise and their beautification
• Cups of Paradise
• Houries and Women of Paradise
• Perfumes of Paradise
• Lamps of paradise
• Songs of paradise
• Blessings and Pleasures of Paradise
• Incidents of God-Fearing Persons
• Incident 1
• Incident 2
• Conditions for Repentance (Tawbah)
• Sins which need repentance
• Incident 3
• Incident 4
• Incident 5
• Tradition of Abu Darda and Supplication (Munajat) of Ali (a.s.)
• Allegories For The Benefit of the Believers
• Allegory 1
• Allegory 2
• (Couplets)
• Allegory 3
• Allegory 4
• Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) and His slave
• Allegory 5