HOW COULD PARADISE BE
HEAVEN?
What really is
What truly is Heaven?
Is it actually what they say?
A beautiful place with
waterfalls and greenery
Red, blue, yellow and lavender
Pink, peach, orange and purple?
Gorgeous women and endless
comfort
Enjoyment and luxury of all
sorts?
No freezing temperature nor heat
But rather lukewarm weather?
Foods of all kinds that eyes
have never seen before
And no any complications of
health or stress ever?
Access to everything the heart
desires
No evil exists but only good
prevails
Is that everything that Paradise
can offer?
Is that all what we strive and
work for?
To satisfy the needs of our
bodies and remove any pain
And to live a routine life with
no problems ever?
Could that be the peak of bliss
and everything that life can offer?
That is a question to think
about and ponder!
My heart tells me all that is
just a side fruit
Of the Real reward and
true benefit
For Paradise is certainly NOT
Heaven
If one is not accompanied by
the Twelve Infallibles!
The Holy Prophet and his
descendents
From Ali and Fatima to the
last Imam!
Paradise is NOT Heaven
If there is no remembrance of
the One Lord
Paradise is NOT Heaven
Without continuous
thanksgiving for the mercy of the Creator
Paradise is NOT heaven
without submitting oneself to the Great Almighty
Paradise is not heaven if you
only fill your stomach and sit alone
Paradise is NOT heaven
if you have to practice Taqiyya and conceal your faith
And not be able to practice
your love and obedience to the Holy Imams
Paradise is NOT heaven
if you fear the people including your neighbor
And bear hard feelings to the
inhabitants of heaven even if minor
Paradise is NOT heaven
if there is backbiting and tale-bearing
And if prejudice and
discrimination still exists
Paradise is NOT heaven
if everyone goes to it
And escapes the punishment of
Hell-Fire
Paradise is NOT heaven
if it allows the evil to enter
And make their way to the
kingdom of good
Paradise is NOT heaven
without compensation of your sins
By the Wilayah and love of
the Itrah and Holy Quran
Paradise is NOT heaven
without tasting the beauty of intercession
As Lady Fatima (AS) picks you
up and drops you in heaven!
Paradise is NOT heaven
without realizing how lucky you are
To attain salvation by paying
allegiance to the Prophet (SA) and His successors
Paradise is NOT heaven
without attaining knowledge and enriching the mind
By learning from the Gate of
Knowledge and his descendents
Paradise is NOT heaven
without enjoying the company of your fellow believers
Those who supported Ali and
suffered because of their love to him
Paradise is NOT heaven
without seeing the absolute evil suffer
Due to what their hands
committed by the Great Slaughter!
How
could Paradise be Heaven?
Without
meeting the Prophet and seeing the Imams?
Surely Paradise is NOT
Heaven
Without serving the Imams and
become their slaves
Paradise is not Heaven
Without attaining martyrdom and
shedding your blood
And sacrificing your
existence for the love of Husain!
Paradise is NOT heaven
without attaining vengeance for Husain
During the time of Return and
also in the Hereafter!
Paradise is NOT Heaven
If there are no gatherings
there to shed tears over Husain
Paradise is NOT Heaven
Without bearing a piece of
the holy land of Karbala
Yet how could
Paradise be Heaven?
When a piece of it
brings tears to its eyes!
How could Paradise
be happy?
When its land has
been soaked with the blood of Husain!
How could Paradise
feel jolly?
When its constantly
reminded about the tragedy of Karbala!
How could Paradise
be cheerful?
When the dust of
Karbala is shedding tears of blood!
How could Paradise
feel pleased?
When all those who visit
Karbala are teary-eyed!
They say
Yet how could it
make you happy when
After all ‘a thing
cannot give what it does not have’!
We know that Paradise is NOT
Heaven
If it does not have peace and
tranquility
But the real question to ask
and ponder over is
Could
When the fire inside us will
never subside
Due to the killing of Husain
and his family!
Could
When peace itself is forever
disturbed and in deep shock
Due to what happened after the
Prophet to his purified progeny
Could peace ever come to terms
and accept reality?
When reality itself is too
bitter for any tongue to narrate!
Could peace make a compromise
with reality?
By forgetting what happened in
Karbala even in the Hereafter!
Could peace ever find peace?
When it lost all meaning of
peace after Husain’s decease!
Could peace ever shake hands
with tranquility?
When tranquility itself is
looking for serenity!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved?
When Happiness itself doesn’t
know how to attain true happiness!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved?
When every time you think
about the reason of your presence in
You realize the price that the
Infallibles had to pay for your sake!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved?
If you keep on wondering if
the rib of Fatima will ever be healed
Or will she ever stop crying
over her son Husain even in Heaven!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved?
When you keep on wondering how
the Holy Prophet feels
And his reaction to what
happened to his progeny after him!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved?
When you realize the injustice
that Imam Hasan (AS) faced
By not being appreciated even
by some of his so-called supporters!
Could true happiness ever be
achieved when even after the time of Raja’a
It will end with the killing
of the 12th Imam (AFS) in the hands of a Jewish woman?!
Could we ever be satisfied
when we can’t help but wonder how much light was concealed
By the abortion of Mohsin as
well as the killing of Abdullah the infant?!
Could the hearts of the
Infallibles ever feel happiness and content?
Although their Shia are saved
and the good ones rewarded
After all Paradise is NOT
heaven unless they achieve justice and vengeance
And perhaps heal the wounds
that has no medicine but tears
Tears from their Shia and
lovers on the Day of Judgment!
What is the Paradise that I’m
looking for??
A
Paradise that gives rise to Heaven EVEN if its location is in Hell
The Paradise of the Prophet and
the Heaven of Husain
That is the Heaven that I aim
for
Which contains the ‘Good tree’
that will never be forbidden
One which carries the Apple of
the Prophet’s Heart who is none other than Fatima
That which contains rivers and
streams filled by the tears of the Shia
Which are shed on Husain and his
tragedy continuously
I can’t help but wonder if true
happiness can ever be achieved
Knowing well that the blood of
Al-Mahdi (AFS) will forever boil in mourning for his grandfather Husain
Could vengeance ever be achieved
at the time of Raja’a and in the Hereafter
Over the blood of Husain and his
successors?
Could Vengeance work together
with Tranquility
To achieve Peace and Serenity?
I am forced to conclude that
only Allah (SWT) has the answer to my question
For He is the Most Wise and Most
Knowledgeable
I rest my case and surrender my
thoughts to the Almighty God
Who is the only One who can give
me the answer to my little DILEMMA!
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