Ali Murtaza Zaidi is one of the most knowledgeable and eloquent speakers in Pakistan. He has an uncanny ability to speak simply yet get his message across forcefully. Below i will be posting an excerpt from one of his lectures.
Once we enter this world we become so used to it that we start thinking that this is the place we will always be residing in. We start to love this world and grow very attached to it. It becomes very easy for us to forget about our real abode. What we easily forget is that "Dunya"(world) is the lowest stage where humans are sent. To understand this we can take the example of a clock. 12 can be taken as the highest point, a human starts from 1 goes to 2, 3,4,5 and finally falls to 6...the lowest ebb. This is the place Allah(swt) sends humans to be tested and prove themselves. This stage could be taken as a bonus round, where if you do
well you are awarded double the points BUT if you fail you face a very grave penalty. Same as the bonus round, Allah(swt) has made our stay in this world very short as compared to the other stages. Now its upon us that we can raise our level and rise back or stay stuck in this low ebb.
After death our eyes to this world close and we shed our physical body and only our soul is left. Upon dying a new reality is revealed to us, which is the reality of Alam-e-Barzakh. In that "Alam" or stage we have a soul and a "misal". This misal is unlike the physical body of this world; to understand better it could be likened to the physical existence of jinns. Its not as solid as the body of this world but more like a smoky state. The thing to note is that when we leave this world we think we might be humans, but we can't be more wrong. Upon opening our eyes in Barzakh we could take on the form of any animal which would reflect our habits adopted in Dunya. It's not so that this animal form was lacking when we were in this world, it was the veil on our eyes that prevented us from seeing the truth. Remember the example of Imam(a.s) when he showed one person that many people performing hajj((?) or umrah(?) were actually animals.
Question now arises that what would happen once we enter Barzakh. To understand clearly lets take the example of examinations. In schools we have a minimum passing level, say 50%, all the students progress who have marks greater than 50% but this does not mean that all are at the same level. In schools all such students are usually treated the same. This would not be so in Barzakh. If someone comes with 50% marks, he/she would have to get to 100% marks and then the counter would be reset to 0 for Barzakh. This person would then have to reach 100% marks for Barzakh and then progress forward. Now its upon you how short or long you make your barzakh. You do good in this world, and you pass Barzakh soon and vice versa.
People who come with negative marks, that is to say enter Barzakh in animal forms, would first have to get to 100%, i.e., take on the shape of humans and then they could progress on the barzakh marks. Now imagine how long of a journey this would be?! Imagine how short sighted we are that we extend our journey of Barzakh which could span over million years for a comparatively short life of this dunya.
It is this time that you look at yourself and analyze are you truly a human or an animal? You must be wondering how to do that. Its very easy, just look at your habits and see if you would be raised as a human or an animal. To see what habits we possess, do a little test. Look at the first action you perform. For example if answering or telling something, do you first get the urge to tell the truth or lie? If its lie, then that means that you have a habit of lying. Remember at this point that people who are raised not even as animals but as satans in Barzakh would be in trouble the most.
You must be wondering who would be raised as satan? Anyone who possess the habit of lying, manipulating and hypocrisy will be raised in the form of satan. From the incidents of Hazrat Adam(a.s) and Bibi Hajra(a.s) it could be seen that these are the three main characteristics Satan possess.
Now ask yourself who are you?
To listen to more of his lectures visit here:http://amzaidi.com/
Te become aware of and contribute to his ongoing projects visit here: http://amzaidi.org/
Once we enter this world we become so used to it that we start thinking that this is the place we will always be residing in. We start to love this world and grow very attached to it. It becomes very easy for us to forget about our real abode. What we easily forget is that "Dunya"(world) is the lowest stage where humans are sent. To understand this we can take the example of a clock. 12 can be taken as the highest point, a human starts from 1 goes to 2, 3,4,5 and finally falls to 6...the lowest ebb. This is the place Allah(swt) sends humans to be tested and prove themselves. This stage could be taken as a bonus round, where if you dowell you are awarded double the points BUT if you fail you face a very grave penalty. Same as the bonus round, Allah(swt) has made our stay in this world very short as compared to the other stages. Now its upon us that we can raise our level and rise back or stay stuck in this low ebb.
After death our eyes to this world close and we shed our physical body and only our soul is left. Upon dying a new reality is revealed to us, which is the reality of Alam-e-Barzakh. In that "Alam" or stage we have a soul and a "misal". This misal is unlike the physical body of this world; to understand better it could be likened to the physical existence of jinns. Its not as solid as the body of this world but more like a smoky state. The thing to note is that when we leave this world we think we might be humans, but we can't be more wrong. Upon opening our eyes in Barzakh we could take on the form of any animal which would reflect our habits adopted in Dunya. It's not so that this animal form was lacking when we were in this world, it was the veil on our eyes that prevented us from seeing the truth. Remember the example of Imam(a.s) when he showed one person that many people performing hajj((?) or umrah(?) were actually animals.
Question now arises that what would happen once we enter Barzakh. To understand clearly lets take the example of examinations. In schools we have a minimum passing level, say 50%, all the students progress who have marks greater than 50% but this does not mean that all are at the same level. In schools all such students are usually treated the same. This would not be so in Barzakh. If someone comes with 50% marks, he/she would have to get to 100% marks and then the counter would be reset to 0 for Barzakh. This person would then have to reach 100% marks for Barzakh and then progress forward. Now its upon you how short or long you make your barzakh. You do good in this world, and you pass Barzakh soon and vice versa.
People who come with negative marks, that is to say enter Barzakh in animal forms, would first have to get to 100%, i.e., take on the shape of humans and then they could progress on the barzakh marks. Now imagine how long of a journey this would be?! Imagine how short sighted we are that we extend our journey of Barzakh which could span over million years for a comparatively short life of this dunya.
It is this time that you look at yourself and analyze are you truly a human or an animal? You must be wondering how to do that. Its very easy, just look at your habits and see if you would be raised as a human or an animal. To see what habits we possess, do a little test. Look at the first action you perform. For example if answering or telling something, do you first get the urge to tell the truth or lie? If its lie, then that means that you have a habit of lying. Remember at this point that people who are raised not even as animals but as satans in Barzakh would be in trouble the most.
You must be wondering who would be raised as satan? Anyone who possess the habit of lying, manipulating and hypocrisy will be raised in the form of satan. From the incidents of Hazrat Adam(a.s) and Bibi Hajra(a.s) it could be seen that these are the three main characteristics Satan possess.
Now ask yourself who are you?
To listen to more of his lectures visit here:http://amzaidi.com/
Te become aware of and contribute to his ongoing projects visit here: http://amzaidi.org/
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