We know that in our world Change and Transition is the only Constant. We know it. Everybody does. But then again, a person tends to forget and when it hits, it hits like a shock to every person who dies. Can’t we learn from this? and improve. Can’t we make this transition a smooth and better one?
It was August 14th 2020, when the it finally began. The transition, that Maryam had only heard when the doors of the spirit realm opened for her. She always knew this day would come but wasn’t expecting this day to be it somehow… There was so much in her To-do list, there were so many people that she had to say Good bye. So many faces that she had to see. But what can you do when the train whistles and is leaving the station. You have to board it otherwise, you will be lost on the station you are on. Maryam suddenly realised what her kids would be doing, she looked around and saw their beautiful faces, eyes and noses red with crying shouting Mama Mama please don’t go. Maryam shouts, Mustafa, Haider what happened here I am. But all they do is as if your voice cannot reach them and they are only seeing her leaving. Maryam tries to get up and leave but she feels chained to something. Her husband, (Rafeeq e Hayat), Companion of Life is sitting in the corner with grief and disbelief, his head buried in his lap. Now she realises that the chains in her feet are the chains of the Spirit Realm. She is a spirit now and what others can see is only her dead body. Maryam always thought how ironically a person’s name changes from his own given name to Dead Body, the moment he/she dies. So, now she was only a dead body soon to be buried. Her family reciting Quran. Closest ones crying and praying, the only thing that they could do. Suddenly, Maryam realises that someone very softly touches her hand and calls her name. Maryam ! Maryam . And this voice doesnt seem to reach anybody else, nobody is seeing him talking to her. Nobody is even able to notice. She then realises that like her, that person is also in some other realm. Suddenly he says
I am “The Quran” , i attend the funeral of every Muslim as a person and if their closest companion you can have. I am Allah’s word! . I can be your companion, an eternal guard for your after life but for me to be with you , i need the key! Do you have that? ……
Maryam wishes so much that the person goes with her as she has seen, everybody just leaves the dying person, alone. But she never heard about this Key ! What is that Key?
Maryam wants to cry out to her mother, her kids to please make dua that she comes to know the Key when somebody starts reciting Surah Yasin nearby. Suddenly the Companion appears again and says; You must be wondering what the Key is. You will soon know when you will be buried. If I am given that Key at that time, i will accompany you and ease out your journey, otherwise after offering your janaza, i will have to leave you alone just like your family will. And you will have to handle it on your own from there onwards. The Key depends upon the relationship you had with me in your life. If that was healthy and strong, your key will work and I will be with you. After saying this, the the Quran embodied in a beautiful person goes to a side and starts walking as if waiting….
A moment later, Maryam feels as if she is being lifted and people are reciting Kalima Shahadat
La Ilaha Illallaho La ilaha Illallah…….
Her family , her kids crying out in grief….. when her coffin is raised…. but Maryam’s grief is doubled knowing the biggest facts of life. Her family thinks…her life’s journey is ended and she just realised that the real journey just started and she is all alone in that… the only companion to accompany her in that , is also conditional. She isnt sure…:(
La Ilaha Illallaho La ilaha Illallah…….
La Ilaha Illallaho La ilaha Illallah…….
She now realises why Allah says the life of this world is nothing but a show and tell….a game…. a drama…. not the real deal….. and a facade…..how dramatically we get involved in it and forget death and our final journey…so much that we forget about securing the Key , the most important thing that we must be doing…..
But the time had came for Maryam….
La Ilaha Illallaho La ilaha Illallah…….
La Ilaha Illallaho La ilaha Illallah…….
Quran was still in his janaza….. Would Quran accompany her in the grave or will she be alone?
Its a question all of us will be faced one day, not just Maryam who died today and she wasn’t prepared. She wished so much that she could have worked on the Key part in her life. But her call came !
Paulo was right. People never believe what they are told. They will , when they find out for themselves. However, some facts must be taken as they are told. But Maryam wanted to tell everybody …. don’t let yourself die unprepared…. work on the Key!
Maryam is now in the grave and Quran, the ultimate companion is out there… where is her key? Who will decide whether her key works or not?
See the next post The Transition – Part 2 ……
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2 Responses
Death, the ultimate truth, made beautiful by the splendid write…. May Allah bless every departed soul.
Simple and straight forward yet so authentic that it successfully creates the scene and rightfully serves it purpose. Thankyou for this reminder!