Light in the Grave
(Muhammad Rafique Etesame, Ahmedpureast)
According to the teachings of
Islam, when a dead put in the grave, two Angels ‘Munkar and Nakeer’ come there
and ask three questions from the dead:-
(1) Who is your Lord (Rab)?
(2) What is your religion?
(3) Who is your Prophet (PBUH)?
Then who is the Muslim and passed an Islamic life, he suddenly answered that,”
Allah is my Lord and Islam is my religion and Muhammad (May peace and mercy of
Allah be upon him) is my Prophet”. Then the Angels after being satisfied by his
answers open a window from Paradise and say to him that he should have a sound
sleep and there is no grief over him at all.
On the other hand, when a none-Muslim is put in the grave and being asked three
questions, he replies, “I don’t know who my Lord is and what my religion is and
who is My Prophet (PBUH)”?
Then the Angels open a window from Hell and he feels the heat of it. The holy
Prophet (PBUH) said,” don’t see the grave only a piles of clay, it is either a
ditch from Hell or is a garden from Paradise.”
Religious scholars say that the faithful believer who offer prayers five times
daily and recites the holy Qur’an, so these good actions spread light in the
grave. They also tells about the salient features of some Qur;anic surahs like
surah Al-Yaseen, Ar-Rahman, surah Almulk and sruah Al-Waqiyah specially for
spreading light and state of peace and tranquility in the grave.