Al-Fuyt al-Malakiyyah Li Muibb al-Dawlat al-Makiyyah

Commentary of Al-Dawlat al-Makkiyyah Bi al-Mddat al-Ghaybiyyah

Imm Amad Ri Khn al-Bareylw raiyAllhu nhu

Example number 8 from the discussion:
I ttis al-aghr L al-Kabr al-Kathr (Expanding the small for the large)

It is recorded in Tirmidh that Sayyidun Abdullh Ibn Amr Ibn al- raiyAllhu nhum narrates
that the beloved of Allh allAllhu layhi wa sallam came out carrying two books. He said about the
book which was in his right hand, This book is from Lord of the worlds. It contains the names of
those who will enter Paradise, and the names of their fathers and tribes. The total (number) has been
written at the end. Thus there will be no increase or a decrease.
Then he said about the book which was in his left hand, This book is from Lord of the worlds. It has
the names of those who will enter hell, including the names of their fathers and tribes. The total
(number) has been written at the end. Thus there will be no increase by a man or a decrease.
This adth doesnt seem to be of great importance. But if we were to ponder deeply, then we would
understand how great vastness and enormity has been enclosed in a small container.
Let us assume there is a book of 500 pages (1000 sides). On every page there are 50 lines, and on each
lines are written 10 names of the dwellers of Jannah:
Ab Bakr Ibn Qufah Taym, Umar Ibn al-Khab Adaw, Uthmn Ibn Affn Umaw, Ali Ibn
Ab lib Hshm, alah Ibn Ubadullh Taym, Zubayr Ibn Awm Asad, Abd al-Ramn Ibn
Awf Zuhar, Sad Ibn Zayd Adaw, Ab Ubaydah In Jarr Fahr
If we were to write names like this in that (imaginary) book, we would only be able to write 500,000
names.
The question is how many will enter Jannah? Let us go through some Aadth:
1. Narrated by Sayyidun Abdullah Ibn Abbs raiyAllhu nhum that the Prophet of Allh
allAllhu layhi wa sallam said,
All the nations were shown to me and I saw a Prophet with a small group, and a Prophet with one or
two men, and a Prophet with no one at all. Then an enormous mass was shown to me and I thought
that they were my community. I was told, This is Musa and his community, but look to the furthest
horizon, and there was an enormous mass. It was said to me, This is your community. Among them
are seventy thousand (70,000) who will enter the Paradise without reckoning or punishment.
(Mentioning who they will be the Prophet allAllhu layhi wa sallam said) They are those who do
not make charms or ask others for charms, and do not seek omens. They trust in their Lord.'
'Ukkshah Ibn Musin stood up and said, Ask Allah to make me one of them. He said, You are
one of them. Then another man stood up and said, Ask Allah to make me one of them. He said,
"'Ukksha beat you to it. (aiayn)
2. Narrates by Sayyidun Sahl Ibn Saad raiyAllhu nhu that the Prophet of Allh allAllhu layhi
wa sallam said, Verily! 70,000 or 700,000 of my followers will enter Paradise altogether; so that the
first and the last amongst them will enter at the same time, and their faces will be glittering like the
bright full moon.
3. Prophet allAllhu layhi wa sallam said, My Lord promised me that seventy thousand of my
Ummah will enter Paradise without being brought to account or being punished; with each thousand
of them will be another seventy thousand, plus three Handfuls of the Handfuls (metaphorically) of
my Lord, may He be glorified.
The total thus from this adth who will enter Jannah without reckoning is 4,900,000 (4.9 Million)
and how many will be in the Handful of Allh? Only He Knows best!
4. It is recorded in Tirmidh and Amad that Sayyidun Ab Bakr al-iddq raiyAllhu nhu
narrates: Seventy thousand will enter Jannah without reckoning, whose faces will shine like the full
moon and their hearts will be like one. Then I requested an increase (of those who will enter Jannah
reckoning). Thus with every one (of the 70,000), a further 70,000 will enter Jannah without
reckoning.
The total from this adth comes to 4,900,000,000 (4.9 billion).
So taking this number of those who will enter without being brought to account, we would need
809,000 of those (imaginary) books.
How many in total will enter Jannah?
Imm Abd al-Wahhb al-Sharn raiyAllhu nhu writes in thirtieth discussion of his book, Al-
Yawqt Wa al-Jawhir F Aqid al-Akbir, that his friend, Sayyidun Afal al-Dn raiyAllhu nhu
mentioned to him how Allh disclosed to him the total number of people who will enter Jannah.
The number was: 1485000000000000000000003296700000000000000000001829668500000
If we were to write the names of all these people using the initial imagery book we mentioned at the
very beginning, then we would need
2970000000000000000000006593400000000000000000003659337 books! (look at the God-Gifted
intelligence of Sayyid Imm Amad Ri Khn raiyAllhu nhu who is working with such numbers
without any calculator!)
Now understand how Allh gathered all this in one hand of his Beloved allAllhu layhi wa sallam.
This is the number of those who will enter Jannah, what about those who are destined to enter Hell
(Allh forbid)?
1. Allh will say, "O dam (layhis salm)!" Prophet dam will reply, "I respond to Your call, I am
obedient to Your commands, and all good is in Your Hands." Then Allh will say to him, Send forth
the people of the Fire. Prophet dam layhis salm will say, How many are the people of the
Fire? Allh will say, "Send forth ninety-nine out of every hundred [of your descendants]".
The companions raiyAllhu nhum asked, O Messenger of Allh (allAllhu layhi wa sallam),
who amongst us will be that man (one in a thousand)?" He said, Be of good cheer: the thousand will
be from Ya'jj and Ma'jj (Gog and Magog) and the one will be from among you.
Then he said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be one third of the people of
Paradise." We praised and glorified Allh and then he said, "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, I
hope that you will be half of the people of paradise, as you are among the nations like a white hair on
the hide of a black bull. (Bukhr)
2. In another narration Allh will say, Out of every thousand, take nine hundred and ninety-nine
(999). At that time, children's hair will turn grey and every pregnant female will spontaneously abort
and you will see the people looking as if they are drunk, although they are not, but Allh's punishment
will be most severe. (Bukhr, Muslim and Bayhaq)
Thus when we have mentioned the total number of the dwellers of Jannah, we will multiply this
number by 999 (from the above adth)to give us the total of those who will enter Hellfire. It comes
to:
1483515000000000000000003293403300000000000000001827838831500000
Thus how many books we need? And how would we determine the number of black hair of a bull? It
is for this reason Allh disclosed the number of dwellers of Jannah to Sayyid Afal al-Dn
raiyAllhu nhu!
Then we can understand the beauty of this miracle, that Allh brought all this information into the
hands of his beloved allAllhu layhi wa sallam! This is a fine example of how great vastness and
enormity has been enclosed in a small container! And llah is All-Powerful.
(End of discussion)