I personally tried very hard to remember how I came into this world but I have no memory of it.
Why? Because the soul is not in its senses at the time.
After the initial declarations are made in the Primordial Times, the following declarations are made in the presence of the Spiritual Master.
When you meet your Spiritual Master, he will then ask your soul to stand.
The Secret of 2 Lives and 2 Deaths in the Qur’an
Mohammad Shahab Uddin has asked a question about ‘Qaaloo Rabbanaaa amat tanasnataini’
It says here: They will say, “Our Lord, You gave us death twice and You gave us life twice. So what do two deaths and two lives mean? Let’s understand this.
The creation of the souls was done through the Command Be.
God said ‘Be’ and it came into being.
And all the souls were created.
And then God said to the souls, ‘Alasto bi rabbikum (Am I not your Lord?’
The souls replied, ‘Qalu bala shahidana (Yes, we bear witness)’.
So when God created the souls with the Command Be, he granted them life, right? That’s one type of life.
How many lives?
Obviously, since they were created, that’s one life
So when their declarations were made, now we have to understand what happened.
Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions mention that God says ‘nom’ - which means sleep - is the akhi of death.
‘Akhi’ means brother.
So, sleep is the brother of death.
How is that? When you are asleep, do you know what is happening in your surroundings?
No, right? So this is a temporary death.
Akhi ul mout, the brother of death.
When you fall asleep, you don’t know anything at all. You don’t know if someone enters your room, switches the light on and of. You have no clue.
This is why sleep is called the brother of death.
So now, God took the declarations from the souls after showing them the modelled luxuries of the world and paradise, after that God put them in a temporary death-like state which occurs in slumber.
You can call it ‘nom’ or death.
Do you know why I am putting emphasis on this point?
Many saints proclaimed they remember where their soul has come from and which neighbourhood they lived in.
However, after the declarations made by the souls, God put them in a dormant state just like a medically induced coma.
After the declarations were made, God put the souls into a coma-like state.
For example, the deceased are placed in the coolers in the morgue to preserve the body.
In a similar way, after the declarations were made, the souls were kept in a dormant state so they were senseless.
So that these souls who either chose the luxuries of the world or who chose to gaze upon God’s beauty could not be questioned about their decisions as that would have toppled up the divine system.
Therefore, as soon as the declarations and decisions were made, their senses were seized and they were put into a dormant condition
The souls were put to sleep.
Now, when the soul comes down - I personally tried very hard to remember how I came into this world but I have no memory of it.
Why? Because the soul is not in its senses at the time
After the initial declarations are made in the Primordial Times, the following declarations are made in the presence of the Spiritual Master.
When you meet your Spiritual Master, he will then ask your soul to stand.
Between the declarations made in the Primordial Times and upon meeting your Spiritual Master, your soul had no activity at all, it was in a coma.
Now, you came into this world and you spent your time praying on the rosary, offering Salat or going to the church or temple and the soul which made its declarations is asleep within you.
It has no idea what you are doing.
It will never find out. In fact, after you die and your soul goes to Alam e Barzakh, it will wonder, ‘Where am I?
We were just making our declarations and now I am burning in Sijjiyeen’. It will be shocked.
This is why the Qu’ran states that all of your actions in this world are being recorded and your soul will be shown everything that it did in the world.
Why doesn’t the soul remember? Because it was sleeping. You did not revive it.
You were engaged with futile things. You just wanted to go and perform Hajj a couple of times, offer Salat a few times and prostrate until you get a mark on your forehead so you can be known as a Haji. That’s all you cared about.
On the other hand, your soul enters your body and you revive it. The moment you revive your soul, that is your second life.
That is how you are given two lives.
So now, you have been given two lives and there is only one death so far.
After the declarations, when the souls were put to sleep, that was one type of death.
You lived and died once, even before your death
And you haven’t even been born yet.
Even before being born, you lived one lie and faced one death.
And then, if someone is lucky enough to find a divinely accomplished Spiritual Master -
forget about this era because being lucky is not the criterion when it comes to Gohar Shahi.
Whoever wants to can come and change their fate.
Regardless of their religion, they can come and change their fate.
So the one who finds a divinely accomplished Spiritual Master and their soul is revived - so these are two lives.
And then, when finally death happens, it will be the body that will die
One life and one death occurred in the higher realms and then one life and one death will occur in this world.
Being delivered from your mother’s womb is not what constitutes life but rather the revival of the soul.
Being born is not life. You were already alive in your mother’s womb.
Were you not alive in your mother’s womb? It’s not like you are given life after being delivered, no, you’re already alive in your mother’s womb.
So, they will say “Our Lord, You gave us death twice and You gave us life twice’.
‘Fa'tarafnaa bizunoo binaa’ ‘So now, we confess our sins’.
‘Fa’tarafnaa’ - it’s like the Urdu word ‘aiteraf’ (acknowledge). And then they ask, ‘fahal ilaa khuroojim min sabeel’ ‘So, is there any way to come out of here?
‘Fahal ilaa khuroojim min sabeel’ ‘So, is there any way for us to come out of here?’
Which means they are asking for their salvation. This is what they are asking God
So will they obtain salvation or not? Yes, they will.
Ask me why. Because they have been alive twice, their souls are revived.
One whose soul is revived will definitely obtain salvation.