The road map to Paradise:
This nice article was sent to me by sister Nicole Woods; a new convert to Islam, may Allah Almighty always be pleased with her.
From www.bol.ucla.edu/~ezubi/islam.htm:
Take Adam and Eve avenue until you come to the intersection of Habil (Abel) road, and
Qabil (Cain) street; merge right on Habil (Abel) and continue for the next twenty miles
till you come to Noah's Ferry.
Take the ferry to Safety Land, ignore the majority of other travel agencies directions,
and arrive at Abraham's Super Highway also known as High way One God Only (1).
Follow Abraham but avoid the exit of Sodom and Gomorrah townships until you get to Moses
lane but pass Gold and Greed bridges and take it to Jesus' Mercy road. Here you will
encounter a lot of confusion, streets are not well marked, and many peddlers along the
road are giving away maps with conflicting directions to travelers. The Romans have
renamed Pagans path as Jesus' mercy road.
If you are not sure about the authenticity of Jesus' mercy road, review your map. See if
Jesus' mercy path is a continuation of Abrahams Super Highway. If it is a continuation you
are fine, but still proceed with caution. If you have diverged, make a U-turn and go back
to Abrahams high way (1) and re-try again.
Continue on True Jesus' road, if you do not see the following signs along the path, you
should stop and review your map again. Maps for this path have been tampered with, we
recommend the Barnabas edition street map to get to the Unity of God congregation,
Immaculate conception corner, and Love thy neighbor community center.
Avoid to show the Roman Traffic police your Barnabas street map, it is banned, they will
confiscate it and you will be forced to use the only authorized official map - the Paul
street map which was drawn to direct the motorists to Rome. For that reason there is a lot
of lost traffic on this road. On the other hand True Jesus road is found on the Barnabas
street map, but only few people have access to this map.
Keep on Jesus' Mercy road until you find Muhammads sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam Sunnah
Expressway. Stay on this expressway and do not be lured to rest areas along the
expressway. Beware of the highway robbers, by insuring your vehicle with Dhikr security
systems. All vehicles secured with Dhikr Security Systems will be protected from assaults
by robbers (Satan).
Make sure that you have enough fuel. The highest grade fuel for this long and tiring trip
is the Taqwa grade fuel. Make sure you demand this brand when you stop for refueling.
Lighten the load on your vehicle, carry only the most important items for this trip: two
meters of white cloth, good deeds and prayers of your kids is all you need. Excess weight
is allowed only if it is more of the above. Other items will only slow you down or cause
you to loose sight of where you are heading, and you risk losing the coverage of Dhikr
Security systems, thereby becoming an easy target for the Robbers.
You need to check your vehicles safety features periodically by reading your vehicles
manual - the Holy Quran. Your steering wheel must be calibrated by the Sunnah Calibration
method, batteries must be charged with Iman, the engine needs to be tuned up with Ikhlas
and your tires must be properly inflated with Ihsan. Most important of all, you must test
the entire vehicle with the tawheed check list.
It does not matter if most parts of your vehicle are performing right, if a single part in
your vehicle does not perform according to specifications of Tawheed (its conditions) your
vehicle will break down and again the robbers will rob you of what is left. The overall
performance of your vehicle depends on the performance of the weakest part in your
vehicle, so routinely check these weak points, they may be detrimental to your trip.
There are many milestones on Muhammads road, and these milestones will assure you that you
are on the right track. Do not worry that there are not any people on this road; just
because you are alone on this road do not think that you are driving the wrong way on a
one way street. Loving Allah more than anything else, loving the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam and his companions, who supported him when he was oppressed,
following all his teachings, responding with patience and acceptance to lack of worldly
goods, hunger, loss of family members are but some of the milestones and glad tidings that
you are on the right track.
Also this road will be paved with pain, hard work, struggle with yourself and others and
Iblis, the Robber, and all things that are not appealing to the soul. Never lay your
guard, this trip is not over until it is over. Keep dhikr your guard, good deeds your
luggage and do not lose to focus on where you are going, so you may endure the pain of
this trip. When you finally arrive to your destination, Al-Jannah, you will forget all the
pain.
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