used to dye silk; it is also used in making medicines; oil is also extracted from it.

In the old days, the accused person used to be punished in that way to confess to his crime. The dung-beetles would be placed on the scalp and scarlet flies would be placed over them being tied with an ordinary cloth. The beetles would continuously bite, which would result in holes in the scalp; then, the secretions and bits of the scarlet flies would enter through the holes and, as a result, the arteries of the brain would burst. That was such an unbearable punishment that the accused would confess instantly. That frightening worldly torment also reminds us of the torments in the afterlife! Surely, none of us can bear the pain of these insects for even a moment, then how is it possible for anyone to bear the snake bites and scorpion stings in the grave and the hellfire! مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, if we were held for even a minor sin, and if for instance, only one scorpion is placed on our head, then how will we bear it!

Dank machchar ka bhi mujh say to saha jata nahin

Qabr mayn bichchu ka dank kaysay sahun ga Ya Rab!

‘Afw ker aur sada kay liye razi ho ja

Yeh karam hoga to Jannat mayn rahun ga Ya Rab!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد