An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 67
67 Specimen of Writing The soul is not something in space. The nature of its relationships cannot be determined. After death the soul has a relationship with the grave which is revealed to those who possess the faculty of seeing vision. They can see the dwellers of the graves sitting in their graves and can hold converse with them. This is established by true A ha d i th. A well known hadith mentions S al a t in a grave, it is also mentioned in the A ha d i th that the dead can hear the sound of footsteps and respond to the greeting of peace. They also have a relationship with heaven. There are different degrees of their heavenly exaltation. Some arrives at the first heaven, others reach the second or the third heaven, but all righteous souls are exalted as is mentioned in true A ha d i th and is also indicated by the verse: For those who reject Our signs and turn away from them in disdain, the gates of heaven will not be opened (7:41); but the nature of their relationship to heaven or to the graves cannot be determined ( Al- H aq Mub ah athah Dehli , p. 85, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 4, p. 215) Important Note New pages (pp. 483-507) have been added in the computerized edition of the R uha n i Khaz a’ in. This book carries a series of letters Mur a slat No. 1, on page 221 onward that passed between Maulav i Muhammad Bash i r and Maulav i Syed Muhammad A h san. Then on pages 483-507, under the heading of Mur a slat No. 2, the letters passed between Munsh i Bubah Sh a h, Munsh i Muhammad Is ha q and the same devoted follower Maulav i Syed Muhammad A h san. They exchanged two letters. Maulav i Syed Muhammad A h san in his letter dated September 12, 1891, responding to the letter dated August 30 of Munsh i Bubah Sh a h, discussed at length the points raised by him, specially the one in which Munsh i Bubah Sh a h accused the Promised Messiah as of