Oceanic Dome
Grant my son a long righteous and healthy life.’ My father prayed for me at the time of his death, ‘O Allah ( ! " # )! Enable my son to worship in such a place where satan cannot interfere.’ After the burial of my beloved father, I came to the seashore where I saw this oceanic dome and entered it. Meanwhile, an angel came and took this dome to the bottom of the ocean. On   #  the enquiry of SayyidunÄ SulaymÄ n ./ 0
!   12& 3 !  4 5 6  &* # , the young man said, ‘I came here in the blessed age of SayyidunÄ â€† #  IbrÄ ÄĽÄŤm KhalÄŤlullÄ ÄĽ ./ 0
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â&#x20AC;&#x2020; #â&#x20AC;&#x2020; !â&#x20AC;&#x2020; 4 5 6â&#x20AC;&#x2020; & &* realized that he had been living in the oceanic dome for two thousand years but he was still young. Not a single hair of his head had turned white. Regarding his food, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Every day a green bird brings something yellow in its beak. I eat it. It has the taste of all the bounties of the world. It satisfies my hunger and thirst. In addition, I remain safe from heat, cold, sleep, laziness, drowsiness, loneliness, fear and horrors, ! " # â&#x20AC;&#x2020; : ; < â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Then, on the request of the young man and the order of SayyidunÄ SulaymÄ n â&#x20AC;&#x2020; 7 8 9 picked the ./ 0
â&#x20AC;&#x2020; #â&#x20AC;&#x2020; & â&#x20AC;&#x2020; ) !â&#x20AC;&#x2020; â&#x20AC;&#x2020;12& 3 !â&#x20AC;&#x2020; 4 5 6â&#x20AC;&#x2020; &* # , Ä&#x20AC;ᚣif Bin BarkhiyÄ 'â&#x20AC;&#x2020; ( oceanic dome up and took it back to the seabed. Thereafter, â&#x20AC;&#x2020; #â&#x20AC;&#x2020; SayyidunÄ SulaymÄ n ./ 0
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!â&#x20AC;&#x2020; â&#x20AC;&#x2020;12& 3 4 5 6â&#x20AC;&#x2020; &* # said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;O people! May Allah ! " # shower His mercy upon all of you! Did you notice how greatly the prayers of parents are answered! Refrain from disobeying your parents.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; (Rauá¸?-ur-RiyÄ á¸ĽÄŤn, pp. 233) 3