The Train

The Train

(Part 1)

Hadhrat Moulana DB mentions a most beautiful example which ought to be deeply pondered upon:

When we are born, it is like our engine has now come on the railway line. The train is going to Aakhira.
We are the engine and we each have our own train to stock up. The number of coaches we are to load up with goods, are the number of years we are to live for. So we are on the platform and busy filling the goods onto the train all the time.  

We will find that each coach has twelve departments (for each month of the year) which is then divided into thirty departments (for each day of the month) then each of the thirty departments has got again twenty four parts (for each hour in the day) which is then divided into sixty parts (for the minutes) and then further into other sixty parts (for the seconds). And we are filling all the time.

Now we need to see, what are we filling into our coaches? If we are letting the train go empty; we are doing nothing; our train is going empty. If we are filling it with dunya, then that goods will be offloaded before it reaches our destination; the QABR. All the dunya will stay behind. If we are comitting sins, we are transporting and sending to our Qabr snakes and scorpions, fire and punishment of the Malaa'ikah. 

However, if we are filling good deeds into the coaches then we are sending roses, flowers, beautiul mansions and beautiful houses, the Hoorul Een, and all the enjoyments of Jannat. 

So all the time we are sending; every moment, whether we awake or sleeping. The train is moving and we are either filling it or letting it go empty. For example you sleep whole night. Now you can make the intention that i'm sleeping so that my body can regain it's vigour and it's strength again, and you sleep according to Sunnat. And how much more Sunnats you practice upon so much more you filling in your train, while you are sleeping also.

Or you going to work, from eight till six, you in the shop, work etc., but you made your Niyyah right, then though you in Dunya but you still sending; filling up. And if the Niyyat is only Dunya and you didn't transfer it; use it for good causes; then the train will offload it before it goes into the Qabr.

In the end, we will be sitting in the last coach and whatever we have sent front, that we are going to get. 

A person must see all the time, what am I sending?