On the Reward and Punishment after death.

One must know that the rectification of that defect (nuqsan) which is inherent in Nafs-e-kul will be achieved at the manifestation of the Qa’im-i Qiyamat, the one “who arises at the Resurrection Day”. - peace be upon his mention (Ala dhikri-hi’s-salam) ! (He is the one) whose advent is the purpose of the creation of the world.

By him, the rectification of that defect will be achieved, and he is the implied purpose (ma’ni) of the creation of this world.

All that exists is like a word, or the sound of it, and he is its meaning (maghz), from all eternity. All that exists is straw and bark (compared with him).

All the great prophets came into this world to warn humanity of his impending advent. They uttered their warnings, frightening the people with his power (to punish them).

As God says (surah 78, verse 1-3): “Of what do they ask each other? Of the mighty information whereon they do dispute"

When he comes, the auspicious constellations will all shine in the sky under his control, while the skies and all that they contain will become impotent (to cause evil), obeying him as humble slaves. He will eradicate violence, lies, atheism and fraud from the world by his authority, which he will receive from God.

As Mustafa says, - peace be upon him! “Even if there remains (of the destined duration of time) only a single day, God will prolong it until there comes a man , a descendant of mine, who will fill the earth with equity and justice even as it has been filled with oppression and injustice.“

When he will put right the affairs of the material world, and when religion is purified by His power, atheism and disobedience to God will vacate this world.

As God says (surah 82, verse19): “The day when no soul shall control aught for another. And the command then will belong to God," i.e. that except for the order of the Qa’im - the greatest greetings be to him ! - no one will act at that time, while today everybody amongst the enemies of religion picks up an alleged prophet who gathers a band of people around himself presenting them as a community of his followers, issuing to them orders and prohibitions, while they acknowledge his authority.

God says (surah 9, verse 31): “They take their priests and ascetics as their lords instead of God.”

This means : the Christians and monks take their priests and headmen as gods. i.e. they have turned away their faces from (the obedience to) the commandment of the Prophet with regard to his Asas, which was issued by the command of God. They, by their caprice, obey the enemies of religion.

Thereafter, the Qa’im - peace be upon him ! - will depart from this world and go to the higher world (alam-i ulwi), where Nafs-e-kul through him will attain the position of Aql-e-kul, while every soul, those of the mu’mins and of the sinners, will receive from the Qa’im the reward or punishment which they deserve.

Those who were obedient to the Imam (of their time) and followed him, recognizing the Qa’im (who was to come) on the destined day, and believed in the truth (of the prophecy concerning) his advent, will all become associated with Nafs-e-kul, returning in company with it to the Word (kalima) of God.

Blessings and eternal strength, peace and eternal happiness will immediately descend upon them, because peace, bliss and might belong to it (the word - KUN) while knowledge and mercy will be contained in their substance, never separating from it.

Those mu’mins who thus return to the Word (kalima) of God, will receive untold and unimaginable good, peace, bounty and ease. Whatever any one of them wishes will instantly become available to them, without need for the use of any intermediary (means to obtain it).

As God says (surah 43,verse 71) “Therein is what souls desire and eyes shall be delighted, and you therein shall dwell." It may be said that thoughts cannot visualize what the fortunate souls will receive.

As God says (surah 32 verse 17): "No souls know what is reserved for them of cheerfulness for eye, as a reward for that which they have done."

And Mustafa - peace be upon him - said, describing paradise: “There is therein that which the eye has never seen, nor the ear ever heard, not thought passed in the mind of man."

But as for those souls who do not obey God, do not know the purpose of the creation of the world, do not recognize the Qa’im - peace be upon him!- they belonged to the crowd which imagined they could go to God, without recognizing His laws (hudud). (They will perish).

As God says : (surah 4, verse 135) “Whoso disbelieves God, His angels, His Apostle and the Last Day, has committed a Grave error.”

But the one who does not believe in God is he who does not recognize as true (ba-haqiqat) the position (hadd) of the prophet.

He who does not believe in angels does not recognize the Asas, and does not believe in him.

Those who do not believe in the Revealed Books are kafirs who deny recognition to the Imams, the lords of ta’wil.

Those who do not believe in the Apostles of God do not recognize the hujjats and dai’s who are messengers.

And the one who does not believe in the Last Day(Ruz-i Akhirat) is an unbeliever (kafir) who denies the advent of the Qa’im - peace be upon him.

Whoever recognized him in this world,knew his mission, and professed faith in him, will on that day receive a reward from the Qa’im, in proportion to his knowledge (marifat).

But those who have not recognized him, - They will get eternal punishment. Such will be the reward and punishment meted out by him (Qa’im) to people, because both light and smoke come from fire, burning as well as comforting warmth.

Warmth and light are the share of mu’mins, and burning and smoke are the share of the sinners.

With regard to knowledge of the condition (hal) of souls before the advent of the Qa’im - peace be upon him- both in the case of the mu’min and the idolator (mushrik), it will be like that of a tree in winter. One tree remain fresh and full of juice (during winter), while another becomes dry, deprived of its roots. In winter both look the same, but that living tree has an “eye” watching for the advent of the spring.

When spring comes, green leaves come out of it and flowers of good smell and colour; fruit, sweet of taste, well shaped and scented with muscus will appear on it then. If that tree were a man, he would be very happy.

But that tree whose roots have been cut, and which has become dry, will, with the advent of spring-time become darker and dryer with every day, and its branches will fall down. It will break and burn when rot sets in. If a tree like that were a man, he would be very sorrowful, deploring the chance he has missed of attaining happiness with the advent and manifestation of the Sun with its glory (sharaf).

(On the contrary), the mu’min will be on that day in the higher world (alam-i ulwi) like that living tree which had an “eye” for the advent of the Qa’im - peace be upon him - attaining eternal bliss (rahat-i jawadi).

And the disobedient soul, in the higher world (alam-i ulwi) will be like that dried tree which always fears lest it will be burnt tomorrow, when the Qa’im makes his appearance (zuhur).

For all these reasons, the human soul may find peace in knowing these Six Chapters which we offer in this book, and in following its advice in all sincerity (ba-rasti).

This book deals with the man who recognizes the (importance of the) Word (kalima) of God and attaining re-union with Aql-e-kul, through the acquisition of knowledge of the oneness of God (tawhid). By his knowledge of the position of the Nafs-e-kul, with its efforts at the attainment of the position of Aql-e-kul, he will realize what was the purpose of the creation of the world.

He will get rid of his doubts and suspicions, never attributing to God the All-High the part of Nafs-e-kul.

He will recognize the latter as the source of his own existence by learning the circumstances of his own coming into being.

He will no longer be bewildered and in doubt as to the place from where he appeared in this world, and where he will go.

He will be brought up in the knowledge of the (real) position of the Apostles of God, of the Wasis and Imams, and the (necessity of) obedience to them.

Thus by following the True Path (Tariq-i Haqq), he will earn his reward. By his knowledge of (the acts which bring) reward or punishment, he will develop an ardent desire (rughbat) to earn that reward, and will be afraid of punishment,

By knowing (the contents) these Six Chapters he will thus become eligible to dwell in the higher world, attaining perfection, just as the circle becomes complete by its six parts and as the material thing becomes a solid body by the possession of six sides.

In the same way, the human soul, by acquiring with the help of these Six Chapters a (correct) idea (surat) of the world wherein everything would be in its proper place, will become eternal, by the mercy of the Lord of the time, the Friend of God and Friend of Aql-e-kul, the Imam-al-Mustansir bi’lah -the Commander of the Faithful, - the prayers of God be upon his true slaves and sincere adherents!.

This is the end of the treatise, (completed) by the slave of the Lord, the one in charge of the East (jazira-i Mashriq), by the grace of his assistance.

The transcription of this book was finished on Monday the 18th of the month of Rabi’ul-akhar, 1295, the 21st April 1878.

Ya Ali Madad.